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9 Apr 21
Local authorities could have missed out on cheaper pre-paid card agreements due to “competitive collusion” between providers, according to a regulator.
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6 Apr 21
The government faces legal action over allegations it designed the £4.8bn Levelling Up Fund for electoral advantage.
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12 Mar 21
The government’s newly published methodology to allocate money from its Levelling Up Fund favours wealthier rural councils over poorer urban areas, according to critics.
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9 Nov 20
Councils in England are set to receive an additional £170m in government funding following a government U-turn over additional support for low-income families this winter.
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31 Jul 20
Peers have urged the government to write-off £6bn in historic tax credit debt, as part of a reform of the Universal Credit system.
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10 Jul 20
The Department for Work and Pensions has made “poor progress” in reducing fraud and error in the administration of Universal Credit, according to the National Audit Office.
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7 Jul 20
County and district councils are at loggerheads over the distribution of funding for low-income families struggling due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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7 Jul 20
Proponents of universal basic income believe their case has been strengthened by the sudden shock of the pandemic, with several countries implementing emergency schemes, but what form should it take...
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12 Jun 20
The introduction of a citizens’ basic income in Scotland would require a “massive fiscal effort” by taxpayers to fund a substantial reduction in poverty, according to new analysis.
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11 Jun 20
Three councils in the North-West of England are to press on with the development of a community bank to help tackle financial inequality in the region, after the green light was given by the...
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5 Jun 20
More than half of frontline services have reported an increase in the need to provide support relating to homelessness since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report from charity...
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27 May 20
The government has pledged to provide 6,000 supported homes in a bid to “end rough sleeping for good”.
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4 May 20
The government has launched a taskforce to help ensure that homeless people moved into accommodation during the coronavirus pandemic do not return to sleeping rough once the crisis is resolved.
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16 Apr 20
We don't yet know what will be needed to get over the effects of Covid-19, but we know those effects are going to be huge, argues CIPFA's new chief economist Jeffrey Matsu.
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6 Apr 20
Universal Credit needs an “emergency boost” to ensure it can properly support people finding themselves out of work due to the coronavirus pandemic, the TUC has said.
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27 Feb 20
A commission set-up to reduce inequality has called for the trebling of the UK’s proposed post-Brexit investment fund to help 'level-up' economic disparities across the UK.
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25 Feb 20
A decade of austerity is to blame for life expectancy in England stagnating for the first time in more than 100 years, according to a new report.
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6 Feb 20
The UK Statistics Authority has slapped down the prime minister over his claim universal credit has succeeded in getting 200,000 people into work.
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4 Feb 20
The government should act to reduce in-work poverty in the UK, which has become more common than it was 20 years ago, a think-tank has said.
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6 Jan 20
The government has confirmed a one-year extension of its Troubled Families programme with a £165m funding package for 2020-21.
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12 Dec 19
Companies benefiting from big UK government contracts operating in tax havens, public sector consulting bill tops £1.4bn and young and women suffer the most from unemployment in...
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6 Dec 19
The three main parties are unlikely to deliver on their manifesto pledges to reduce the education opportunity gap, according to think-tank analysis.
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3 Dec 19
There are 135,000 homeless children in Britain - the highest number in over a decade, according to analysis by the homeless charity Shelter.
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27 Nov 19
A food bank provider fears that Christmas could see record levels of people using their services.
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26 Nov 19
The Conservative manifesto risks child poverty hitting a 60-year high in the UK, a think-tank has warned.
9 Apr 21Local authorities could have missed out on cheaper pre-paid card agreements due to “competitive collusion” between providers, according to a regulator.
6 Apr 21The government faces legal action over allegations it designed the £4.8bn Levelling Up Fund for electoral advantage.
9 Nov 20Councils in England are set to receive an additional £170m in government funding following a government U-turn over additional support for low-income families this winter.
31 Jul 20Peers have urged the government to write-off £6bn in historic tax credit debt, as part of a reform of the Universal Credit system.
10 Jul 20The Department for Work and Pensions has made “poor progress” in reducing fraud and error in the administration of Universal Credit, according to the National Audit Office.
7 Jul 20County and district councils are at loggerheads over the distribution of funding for low-income families struggling due to the coronavirus pandemic.
7 Jul 20Proponents of universal basic income believe their case has been strengthened by the sudden shock of the pandemic, with several countries implementing emergency schemes, but what form should it take...
12 Jun 20The introduction of a citizens’ basic income in Scotland would require a “massive fiscal effort” by taxpayers to fund a substantial reduction in poverty, according to new analysis.
11 Jun 20Three councils in the North-West of England are to press on with the development of a community bank to help tackle financial inequality in the region, after the green light was given by the...
5 Jun 20More than half of frontline services have reported an increase in the need to provide support relating to homelessness since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report from charity...
16 Apr 20We don't yet know what will be needed to get over the effects of Covid-19, but we know those effects are going to be huge, argues CIPFA's new chief economist Jeffrey Matsu.
6 Apr 20Universal Credit needs an “emergency boost” to ensure it can properly support people finding themselves out of work due to the coronavirus pandemic, the TUC has said.
27 Feb 20A commission set-up to reduce inequality has called for the trebling of the UK’s proposed post-Brexit investment fund to help 'level-up' economic disparities across the UK.
6 Feb 20The UK Statistics Authority has slapped down the prime minister over his claim universal credit has succeeded in getting 200,000 people into work.
4 Feb 20The government should act to reduce in-work poverty in the UK, which has become more common than it was 20 years ago, a think-tank has said.
6 Jan 20The government has confirmed a one-year extension of its Troubled Families programme with a £165m funding package for 2020-21.
12 Dec 19Companies benefiting from big UK government contracts operating in tax havens, public sector consulting bill tops £1.4bn and young and women suffer the most from unemployment in...
6 Dec 19The three main parties are unlikely to deliver on their manifesto pledges to reduce the education opportunity gap, according to think-tank analysis.
3 Dec 19There are 135,000 homeless children in Britain - the highest number in over a decade, according to analysis by the homeless charity Shelter.
27 Nov 19A food bank provider fears that Christmas could see record levels of people using their services.
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