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Direct payments learning reports and demonstration project update
Third learning report published The DWP have now published the third learning report setting out key lessons being learnt from interviews and discussions with…
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Can credit cards replace benefits for people with no bank account?
Think Tank Demos has published a new report, The Power of Prepaid, that suggests prepaid cards could be used to deliver Universal Credit to…
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Increase in Council Tax payments for those on benefits
Three-quarters of councils in England will demand increased council tax payments from the poorest households from 1 April. Research by think tank the Resolution…
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Latest news on Equality and DNA from HDN
Here is the HDN newsletter for the winter 2013, including news on interesting seminars coming soon HDN ebriefing-january-2013 …
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Discretionary Payments
These payments might be used to help those at risk under welfare reform – for example, it might provide some protection from the early effects of …
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How housing staff can help tackle child poverty?
Millions of children are living in poverty in the UK – and the number will rise as we feel the full affects on welfare…
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6 steps to digital inclusion
2013 is going to be a big year for digital inclusion in the housing sector. From the end of this year tenants will need…
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Will service charges be eligable for benefits?
The Department for Work and Pensions has published an ‘exhaustive’ list of service charges eligible for benefit in a bid to end uncertainty for…
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Think tank report recommends healthy living and benefit payments should be linked
Councils should use their new public health role to fight obesity and help cut the weighty £5.1bn annual NHS bill spent tackling the issue,…
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January 2013 – direct payment network webinar
Time: January 9, 2013 from 2pm to 3pm Location: Online Organized By:David Pipe at the CIH Event Description: Hear from Alan Stoddart of Dunedin…
