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Delay in implementing benefit cap and news on discretionary payments
Here is the full letter to Local Authorities which explains the delay and next steps (below) on the benefit cap and the latest on discretionary…
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Credit Union Consultation open until March 2013
The Government has today published a consultation on raising the maximum interest rate cap for credit union loans. This consultation seeks views on the…
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Direct Payments of Housing Benefit doubles arrears in Pilots
Councils from across the country have been piloting direct payment of HB which will become part of Universal Credit under Welfare Reform in 2013 The…
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Draft full set of universal credit proposals published
The government has now published, in draft form, its full set of Universal Credit regulations. They will be debated in Parliament in the new…
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Practical advice on Welfare Reform
This is a usefuil round up of advice from the sector on the approach to Welfare reform This guide provides practical advice, checklists and…
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Equalities impact of welfare reform – a study of NE HAs
The research was carried out on behalf of Housing Diversity Network (HDN) by the Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) and their research findings…
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Making work pay
Making work pay considers whether low income working households will be better off under universal credit than the current benefits system. To do this…
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The cost of the HB pilots at Wakefield on rental income
The Department for Work and Pensions has insisted its plans for direct payment of benefit will proceed despite a landlord on a pilot project…
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Advice on tenants taking in lodgers
With the bedroon tax getting ever closer, this useful guide from the CIH informs us the highs and lows of taking in a lodger…
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Latest Welfare Reform news
Refuges for victims of domestic violence are to be exempt from rules covering the direct payment of housing benefit, the work and pensions secretary…
