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17 May 19
Council tax increasingly resembles poll tax - hitting the poor hardest - for Londoners and must be reformed, a think-tank has said.
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13 May 19
Councils will now have a legal duty to protect victims of domestic abuse, the prime minister has announced.
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10 May 19
A responsible government cannot balance its books on the backs of its poorest, most vulnerable citizens with little or no regard for them, says MP Frank Field.
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26 Apr 19
The supply of new homes will not be enough to solve the severe undersupply of housing in this country, says CIPFA’s Tim Reade.
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25 Apr 19
A record 1.6 million food bank parcels were given out in the UK last year, a charity has found.
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12 Apr 19
Local authority pothole cash, the army and apprenticeship figures and areas that have seen the biggest wage rises - all in the Numbers Game from the April 2019 edition of Public...
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5 Apr 19
How austerity and the dismantling of ‘Stalinist’ regional aid has divided an entire country. Peter Hetherington reports.
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4 Apr 19
Members of the Windrush Generation who wrongly lost jobs, benefits, homes and access to health care will have access to at least £200m compensation.
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4 Apr 19
Up to 67% of councils feel they lack the funding to meet new duties to tackle homelessness, analysis has found.
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1 Apr 19
Thirty per cent of the UK’s children - 4.1 million – are living on less than 60% of the current median income, according to official data.
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1 Apr 19
A year on from the implementation of the Homelessness Reduction Act, Neil Merrick looks at what’s changed on the streets.
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29 Mar 19
English councils are failing to use statutory powers to penalise rogue landlords in the private rented sector, a trade body has found.
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28 Mar 19
Government’s £386m spending on Jobcentre-based support for disabled people has not reduced the number who are out of work, the spending watchdog has found.
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19 Mar 19
Council leaders have urged the government to keep funding a programme that supports families with complex problems.
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15 Mar 19
Nearly all housing stock-owning councils in England plan to take advantage of the Housing Revenue Account borrowing cap lift, analysis by the Local Government Association has revealed.
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8 Mar 19
Ending the benefits freeze in the 2019 would enable 200,000 people in the UK to break free from poverty, a charity has claimed.
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8 Mar 19
Now is the time to improve women's standing in the world of public finance, say Gillian Fawcett and Barbara Grunewald.
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7 Mar 19
The Home Office is “shirking” its responsibility in responding to the Windrush scandal and devolving the fall-out to local authorities, MPs have said.
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6 Mar 19
Few would question the aims of universal credit – to deliver a more streamlined welfare system that pays benefits directly to claimants. But a series of funding cuts and failings mean it may never...
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5 Mar 19
Residents in England face council tax increases of 4.5% in the coming year – the second highest increase in a decade, according to CIPFA analysis.
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4 Mar 19
Mental health funding cuts and a fragmented service provision are piling the pressure on public services. Kim Thomas reports.
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27 Feb 19
Housing associations, councils and the mayor of London have called on the government to hand over £5.2bn to protect housing in the capital against the impact of a no deal Brexit.
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27 Feb 19
Local government and communities must be given more control over how post-Brexit regional funding is spent, a think-tank has urged.
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26 Feb 19
Not only has the reduced system of council tax support hit low-paid workers but it has proved remarkably ineffective as a way to raise revenue, says the IFS’ Stuart Adam and Thomas Pope.
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26 Feb 19
The UK government is to provide an additional £200m of aid to Yemen, where millions of people are suffering in what has been called the “world’s worst humanitarian crisis”.
17 May 19Council tax increasingly resembles poll tax - hitting the poor hardest - for Londoners and must be reformed, a think-tank has said.
13 May 19Councils will now have a legal duty to protect victims of domestic abuse, the prime minister has announced.
10 May 19A responsible government cannot balance its books on the backs of its poorest, most vulnerable citizens with little or no regard for them, says MP Frank Field.
26 Apr 19The supply of new homes will not be enough to solve the severe undersupply of housing in this country, says CIPFA’s Tim Reade.
25 Apr 19A record 1.6 million food bank parcels were given out in the UK last year, a charity has found.
12 Apr 19Local authority pothole cash, the army and apprenticeship figures and areas that have seen the biggest wage rises - all in the Numbers Game from the April 2019 edition of Public...
5 Apr 19How austerity and the dismantling of ‘Stalinist’ regional aid has divided an entire country. Peter Hetherington reports.
4 Apr 19Members of the Windrush Generation who wrongly lost jobs, benefits, homes and access to health care will have access to at least £200m compensation.
4 Apr 19Up to 67% of councils feel they lack the funding to meet new duties to tackle homelessness, analysis has found.
1 Apr 19Thirty per cent of the UK’s children - 4.1 million – are living on less than 60% of the current median income, according to official data.
1 Apr 19A year on from the implementation of the Homelessness Reduction Act, Neil Merrick looks at what’s changed on the streets.
29 Mar 19English councils are failing to use statutory powers to penalise rogue landlords in the private rented sector, a trade body has found.
28 Mar 19Government’s £386m spending on Jobcentre-based support for disabled people has not reduced the number who are out of work, the spending watchdog has found.
19 Mar 19Council leaders have urged the government to keep funding a programme that supports families with complex problems.
8 Mar 19Ending the benefits freeze in the 2019 would enable 200,000 people in the UK to break free from poverty, a charity has claimed.
8 Mar 19Now is the time to improve women's standing in the world of public finance, say Gillian Fawcett and Barbara Grunewald.
7 Mar 19The Home Office is “shirking” its responsibility in responding to the Windrush scandal and devolving the fall-out to local authorities, MPs have said.
6 Mar 19Few would question the aims of universal credit – to deliver a more streamlined welfare system that pays benefits directly to claimants. But a series of funding cuts and failings mean it may never...
5 Mar 19Residents in England face council tax increases of 4.5% in the coming year – the second highest increase in a decade, according to CIPFA analysis.
4 Mar 19Mental health funding cuts and a fragmented service provision are piling the pressure on public services. Kim Thomas reports.
27 Feb 19Housing associations, councils and the mayor of London have called on the government to hand over £5.2bn to protect housing in the capital against the impact of a no deal Brexit.
27 Feb 19Local government and communities must be given more control over how post-Brexit regional funding is spent, a think-tank has urged.
26 Feb 19The UK government is to provide an additional £200m of aid to Yemen, where millions of people are suffering in what has been called the “world’s worst humanitarian crisis”.
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