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Wednesday 1 May 2013
Switchback confirmed under Universal Credit
Payment of benefit will be switched back to social landlords when tenants accrue two months of arrears during universal credit ‘pathfinders’, according to Inside…
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Tuesday 30 April 2013
Data breaches – self reporting
Councils received the most monetary penalties for data security failings of any organisation last year, as self-reported breaches rose, research finds according to Local…
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Tuesday 30 April 2013
Violence in the UK falls
Violence has fallen by 11% in the UK over the past decade, with regions across England becoming more peaceful, a report suggests. According to…
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Tuesday 30 April 2013
Bedroom tax appeals
A wave of mass appeals against bedroom tax decisions risks leaving people in limbo due to tribunal delays, law centres have warned. The Law…
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Tuesday 30 April 2013
Universal Credit begins
The government has today launched its Universal Credit pathfinder in four local jobcentres in selected areas of Ashton-under-Lyne, Oldham, Warrington and Wigan. Single jobseekers who live…
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Wednesday 24 April 2013
Plan to use shipping containers to house homeless
A charity is planning to use shipping containers to house homeless young people in east London to allow them to live independently as they…
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Wednesday 24 April 2013
New Localism Director at CLG
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has appointed Helen Edwards, a senior Ministry of Justice (MoJ) civil servant as its director-general for…
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Wednesday 24 April 2013
Edinburgh adopts no eviction policy for bedroom tax
Edinburgh Council has adopted a ‘no eviction’ policy for tenants affected by the ‘bedroom tax’. The local authority agreed that ‘where the director of…
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Wednesday 24 April 2013
Formal recognition for historic counties
Local government minister, Eric Pickles, has commemorated St George’s day by giving formal recognition to some of England’s 39 historic counties which were ‘administratively…
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Sunday 14 April 2013
Fancy £20k to move abroad?
A north London council is considering offering up to £20,000 to tenants considering a move abroad. Harrow Council has mooted the idea at a…
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