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30 Nov 20
The argument for shifting resources away from housing benefit subsidies to social housing provision is growing stronger, says councillor Graham Chapman.
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14 Jan 20
The four-year freeze on Local Housing Allowance rates is to be lifted in April bringing the benefit in line with inflation, the government has announced.
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10 Jan 20
Councils failing to administer housing benefit correctly are driving families to become homeless, the local government watchdog has found.
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13 Jan 17
The Scottish Government has announced the first changes to its benefits regime under the welfare powers devolved by last year’s Scotland Act – but was criticised by its opponents for not...
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27 Sep 16
Housing benefit overpayments are more likely to be identified when residents receive a separate communication written in clear language, a study conducted by five English councils and Capita suggests.
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5 Sep 16
Universal credit, which amalgamates six welfare benefits, still has cross-party support, despite being beset by delays and fears that it will fail to meet its main objective of encouraging people to...
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9 Jun 16
Supported accommodation must be exempt from the impending housing benefit cap in order to protect the most vulnerable and save piling additional pressures on councils and the NHS, the Local...
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27 Jan 16
The government’s controversial “bedroom tax” has been judged to be discriminatory in two cases by the Court of Appeal today.
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5 Nov 15
Cuts to social housing rents announced by Chancellor George Osborne will be of little or no benefit to most of the 3.9 million tenants in the sector, but will save the Treasury around £1.7bn, an...
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28 Sep 15
New shadow housing minister John Healey has today set out a series of financial reforms that could help the public sector build 100,000 homes a year.
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21 Sep 15
The government’s flagship Universal Credit welfare reform will be available in three-quarters of all jobcentres by Christmas under the next phase of its national rollout, ministers have said.
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18 Sep 15
MPs are to probe the effectiveness of local welfare provision, including devolved council tax benefit schemes, in order to determine best practice across the country.
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16 Jul 15
The Department for Work and Pensions 2014/15 accounts have been qualified once again because of “unacceptably” high levels of fraud and error in benefit expenditure, the National Audit Office said.
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14 Jul 15
Chancellor George Osborne’s decision to impose rent cuts on social housing providers in last week’s summer Budget has hit the creditworthiness of the sector, ratings agency Fitch has said.
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14 Jan 15
Whitehall incentives for local authorities to tackle Housing Benefit fraud and error are weak and being compounded by cuts in funding available to councils to administer it, the Public Accounts...
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5 Jan 15
Tougher regulation of the private-rented sector is needed in order to stop landlords from exploiting the housing crisis at the expense of taxpayers and tenants, according to the Civitas think-tank.
30 Nov 20The argument for shifting resources away from housing benefit subsidies to social housing provision is growing stronger, says councillor Graham Chapman.
14 Jan 20The four-year freeze on Local Housing Allowance rates is to be lifted in April bringing the benefit in line with inflation, the government has announced.
10 Jan 20Councils failing to administer housing benefit correctly are driving families to become homeless, the local government watchdog has found.
13 Jan 17The Scottish Government has announced the first changes to its benefits regime under the welfare powers devolved by last year’s Scotland Act – but was criticised by its opponents for not...
27 Sep 16Housing benefit overpayments are more likely to be identified when residents receive a separate communication written in clear language, a study conducted by five English councils and Capita suggests.
9 Jun 16Supported accommodation must be exempt from the impending housing benefit cap in order to protect the most vulnerable and save piling additional pressures on councils and the NHS, the Local...
27 Jan 16The government’s controversial “bedroom tax” has been judged to be discriminatory in two cases by the Court of Appeal today.
5 Nov 15Cuts to social housing rents announced by Chancellor George Osborne will be of little or no benefit to most of the 3.9 million tenants in the sector, but will save the Treasury around £1.7bn, an...
28 Sep 15New shadow housing minister John Healey has today set out a series of financial reforms that could help the public sector build 100,000 homes a year.
18 Sep 15MPs are to probe the effectiveness of local welfare provision, including devolved council tax benefit schemes, in order to determine best practice across the country.
14 Jul 15Chancellor George Osborne’s decision to impose rent cuts on social housing providers in last week’s summer Budget has hit the creditworthiness of the sector, ratings agency Fitch has said.
14 Jan 15Whitehall incentives for local authorities to tackle Housing Benefit fraud and error are weak and being compounded by cuts in funding available to councils to administer it, the Public Accounts...
5 Jan 15Tougher regulation of the private-rented sector is needed in order to stop landlords from exploiting the housing crisis at the expense of taxpayers and tenants, according to the Civitas think-tank.
