Improving the generosity of benefits and making a long-term commitment to boost social and affordable housing numbers are critical to fixing the temporary accommodation crisis, an expert has said.
Better knowledge of local needs means councils could guarantee more value for money from welfare spending than the Department for Work and Pensions achieves, an authority leader has claimed.
Five payments providers have been fined a combined £33m for "illegal cartel behaviour" that reduced choice for councils buying pre-paid cards used to distribute welfare payments to the...
Almost three quarters of UK parliamentary constituencies will be adversely affected by the proposed removal of additional Universal Credit support, according to an anti-poverty charity.
Local authorities could have missed out on cheaper pre-paid card agreements due to “competitive collusion” between providers, according to a regulator.
