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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”.
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25 Feb 19
Umbrella groups have expressed dismay deprivation has not been included in the fair funding formula.
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21 Feb 19
Local authority spending on unaccompanied asylum seeker children has doubled over the four years, analysis of government figures has revealed.
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20 Feb 19
The government should tackle child poverty before it reaches record highs and re-think its welfare cuts, a think-tank has warned.
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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.
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”.
25 Feb 19Umbrella groups have expressed dismay deprivation has not been included in the fair funding formula.
21 Feb 19Local authority spending on unaccompanied asylum seeker children has doubled over the four years, analysis of government figures has revealed.
20 Feb 19The government should tackle child poverty before it reaches record highs and re-think its welfare cuts, a think-tank has warned.
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.
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