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15 Feb 19
Steps must to be taken to protect more people from falling into poverty in the wake of a no-deal Brexit, poverty charities have urged.
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15 Feb 19
The wellbeing of people can have a significant effect on public services, argues the Resolution Foundation’s George Bangham.
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15 Feb 19
A more consistent approach to social housebuilding over the past 20 years could have saved the government £7bn in housing benefit payments, research has found.
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14 Feb 19
MPs have criticised the government’s decision to reject their calls to ease benefit sanctions for claimants, saying the system is pushing people into “grinding poverty”.
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7 Feb 19
The number of social rent homes in England has plummeted by 165,697 in just six years, analysis by a trade body has found. ...
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7 Feb 19
When hard times hit, it is invariably women who are worst affected. But gender budgeting can help target public resources more effectively, CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman argues.
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5 Feb 19
Financial instability amongst councils, gender pay gaps and house building numbers are all in this month’s Numbers Game.
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28 Jan 19
Northern cities have been hit by the biggest budget cuts as a result of austerity, a think-tank has found.
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21 Jan 19
London councils are spending more than £22m each year renting back homes sold under right to buy, research has found.
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17 Jan 19
The government must lift the benefits freeze to stop increasing numbers of people falling into poverty, says Joseph Rowntree Foundation chief executive Campbell Robb.
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15 Jan 19
More than 50 councils will benefit from a £2.4m pot to crack down on rogue landlords, housing minister Heather Wheeler has announced.
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14 Jan 19
The government has side-stepped “the cruellest benefit cut in history” with the latest universal credit changes, according to the chair of the work and pensions committee.
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10 Jan 19
MPs have today called for a minister for hunger to tackle the high levels of food insecurity in the UK.
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9 Jan 19
An overhaul of Scottish economic and social policy will be needed in the face of global automation, which threatens a third of jobs by 2030, a leading think-tank has claimed.
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8 Jan 19
Up to 3.1 million new social homes must be built over the next 20 years to solve the housing crisis in England, an independent commission has found.
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2 Jan 19
London boroughs will receive a £38m boost to provide accommodation for families facing homelessness, the government has announced.
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21 Dec 18
This year was another missed opportunity for the government to fix the adult social care system - it can not duck this important issue in 2019, the president of the Association of Directors of Adult...
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20 Dec 18
Two-thirds of academy school groups performed below the national average for disadvantaged pupils, according to research released today.
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17 Dec 18
Increasing levels of child poverty are affecting children and young people’s education, with schools dealing with ‘Dickensian’ levels of squalor, a major teaching union has warned.
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7 Dec 18
The UK must come up with “better answers” on how to spread prosperity to all regions of the country, a conference has heard.
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5 Dec 18
The HMRC has been accused of causing taxpayers considerable distress as it prioritises the recovery of tax revenue over justice, according to a group of Lords.
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28 Nov 18
It’s a political choice that a fifth of our population live in poverty, says Mary-Ann Stephenson, director of the Women’s Budget Group. It is time for the government to acknowledge its mistakes and...
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19 Nov 18
Local government in the UK has been “gutted” by government policies reflecting the “dismantling of the social safety net”, a United Nations report has found.
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13 Nov 18
Council tenants claiming universal credit owe on average more than two-and-a-half times the rent arrears of claimants on the previous housing benefit system.
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1 Nov 18
Education spending has undergone a “remarkable shift” in focus towards poorer pupils, Institute for Fiscal Studies analysis has found.
15 Feb 19Steps must to be taken to protect more people from falling into poverty in the wake of a no-deal Brexit, poverty charities have urged.
15 Feb 19The wellbeing of people can have a significant effect on public services, argues the Resolution Foundation’s George Bangham.
15 Feb 19A more consistent approach to social housebuilding over the past 20 years could have saved the government £7bn in housing benefit payments, research has found.
14 Feb 19MPs have criticised the government’s decision to reject their calls to ease benefit sanctions for claimants, saying the system is pushing people into “grinding poverty”.
7 Feb 19The number of social rent homes in England has plummeted by 165,697 in just six years, analysis by a trade body has found. ...
7 Feb 19When hard times hit, it is invariably women who are worst affected. But gender budgeting can help target public resources more effectively, CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman argues.
5 Feb 19Financial instability amongst councils, gender pay gaps and house building numbers are all in this month’s Numbers Game.
28 Jan 19Northern cities have been hit by the biggest budget cuts as a result of austerity, a think-tank has found.
21 Jan 19London councils are spending more than £22m each year renting back homes sold under right to buy, research has found.
17 Jan 19The government must lift the benefits freeze to stop increasing numbers of people falling into poverty, says Joseph Rowntree Foundation chief executive Campbell Robb.
15 Jan 19More than 50 councils will benefit from a £2.4m pot to crack down on rogue landlords, housing minister Heather Wheeler has announced.
14 Jan 19The government has side-stepped “the cruellest benefit cut in history” with the latest universal credit changes, according to the chair of the work and pensions committee.
10 Jan 19MPs have today called for a minister for hunger to tackle the high levels of food insecurity in the UK.
9 Jan 19An overhaul of Scottish economic and social policy will be needed in the face of global automation, which threatens a third of jobs by 2030, a leading think-tank has claimed.
8 Jan 19Up to 3.1 million new social homes must be built over the next 20 years to solve the housing crisis in England, an independent commission has found.
2 Jan 19London boroughs will receive a £38m boost to provide accommodation for families facing homelessness, the government has announced.
21 Dec 18This year was another missed opportunity for the government to fix the adult social care system - it can not duck this important issue in 2019, the president of the Association of Directors of Adult...
20 Dec 18Two-thirds of academy school groups performed below the national average for disadvantaged pupils, according to research released today.
7 Dec 18The UK must come up with “better answers” on how to spread prosperity to all regions of the country, a conference has heard.
5 Dec 18The HMRC has been accused of causing taxpayers considerable distress as it prioritises the recovery of tax revenue over justice, according to a group of Lords.
19 Nov 18Local government in the UK has been “gutted” by government policies reflecting the “dismantling of the social safety net”, a United Nations report has found.
13 Nov 18Council tenants claiming universal credit owe on average more than two-and-a-half times the rent arrears of claimants on the previous housing benefit system.
1 Nov 18Education spending has undergone a “remarkable shift” in focus towards poorer pupils, Institute for Fiscal Studies analysis has found.
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