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Government claims on welfare statistics questioned
UK Statistics Authority Chair Andrew Dilnot has corrected Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps after misleading benefit figures appeared in the media. The former housing minister tweeted that “878,300…
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10 lessons shared about the bedroom tax
Lesson 1: Communicate with tenants We have clients who have still not had any communication from their landlord about how many bedrooms they are considered…
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Fuel poverty costs
Annual fuel poverty statistics published by the government have shown a slight drop in the number of households affected. The Department of Energy and…
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Under performance on the welfare to work scheme
A group of MPs has questioned whether the Coalition’s flagship welfare to work scheme is helping the most disadvantaged long-term unemployed people. According to…
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Ministers write to LAs on Universal credit
Welfare ministers have written to councils explaining the role they hope local authorities will play in helping deliver the coalition’s flagship Universal Credit programme.…
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LAs advised to act early with council tax debts
Local authorities must intervene now to help residents take early action to deal with council tax debts and only use bailiffs to recover monies…
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Government suggest sofa beds to beat bedroom tax!!
The minister for welfare reform has said he is concerned about the impact the bedroom tax could have on separated families, but sofa beds…
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Unemployed people to become energy efficiency advisers
A community investment company in Birmingham is helping unemployed people to become assessors for the government’s green deal home energy efficiency scheme. Catalyst Mutual…
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Large numbers already failing to pay the bedroom tax
A large proportion of tenants hit by the bedroom tax have so far failed to pay the resulting shortfall in their rent. Several of…
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Bedroom tax blamed for increased staffing on empty homes
The Government’s ‘bedroom tax’ has led to an increase in the demand for void professionals as more social housing tenants downsize their property. The…
