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More roll out of Universal credit in the North West
The scheme at the heart of the Government’s welfare reforms will be rolled out to north west England from next week. According to LG…
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Council letter writing spree
A Basildon man has been handed a restraining order after a six-month letter writing campaign directed at his local authority. According to LG news:…
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Latest direct payment learning is on the website
The webinar recording and slideshow from the above event on 14 May 2014 are now available to view. Please visit http://directpaymentsnetwork.ning.com/page/previous-webinars for full details.…
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Fraud, error and risk in the benefits system
Although the Government, ‘has a good understanding of the fraud and error risks in the benefits system and has allocated considerable resources to fraud…
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40,000 households have been subject to benefit caps – 60% of them have children
More than 40,000 households have had their benefits capped by the government since it was introduced last year, according to new figures. According to…
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How will the government release information on Universal Credit
This information from the DWP gives some insight to their intentions: It includes links to the story so far from the governments perspective and…
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Important reports published on welfare reform
The NHF have been working with Ipsos MORI and the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research (CCHPR) on a large scale research project…
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Direct payment webinars
A series of five webinars were held between 28 April and 8 May which gave the opportunity to learn more about Universal Credit LSS…
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Universal credit – Fraud warning from MPs
Plans to deliver multi-billion pound savings to the spiralling welfare budget through the Universal Credit programme could be put at risk because central government…
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Human rights challenge to bedroom tax
A human rights group has been given permission to proceed with a judicial review against the bedroom tax, claiming the policy unfairly affects separated…
