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19 Sep 18
The government should borrow tens of billions of pounds more a year to protect public services, a think-tank has suggested.
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13 Sep 18
Councils in the most deprived areas of England have shouldered 97% of total cuts in spending on services for people in need, according to analysis.
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6 Sep 18
Migration and integration remain tricky issues in many communities. Councils can help build cohesion, reports Russell Hargrave.
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6 Sep 18
Personal debt is costing the UK economy £900m every year, the public spending watchdog has warned today.
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6 Sep 18
Brexit will leave British families worse off regardless of what type of deal the UK gets, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has warned.
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4 Sep 18
On 1 April 2013 the government brought in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act, which meant hundreds of thousands of people eligibe for legal aid became ineligible....
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30 Aug 18
Government spending to promote migrant integration should increase by £15m a year, a think-tank report has urged.
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30 Aug 18
The government must end the freeze on private rent housing benefits to help low income tenants cover their rent, a housing group has urged.
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24 Aug 18
A charity network has urged the government to crackdown on rogue bailiffs as households in the UK have fallen £19bn behind on essential bills.
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17 Aug 18
The government has launched a pilot allowing housing association tenants to buy their social homes.
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14 Aug 18
The government has come under fire from campaign groups for failing to commit new funding to boost social housing, in its long-awaited green paper released today.
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13 Aug 18
A £100m homelessness strategy to help end rough sleeping in the UK by 2027 has been announced by the government.
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10 Aug 18
Funds from dormant bank account and inactive charitable trusts will be released to fund a range of community-focused and led initiatives, according to the government’s Civil Society Strategy.
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9 Aug 18
Ministers have abandoned plans to change the way rent for people in supported housing is paid and confirmed it will remain within the welfare system.
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6 Aug 18
Families rely more on food banks over the summer holidays because children do not have access to free school meals, according to an anti-poverty charity.
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30 Jul 18
Councils and other government bodies are “over-zealous” and “uncompromising” in the way they pursue financially vulnerable people over unpaid debt, MPs have said.
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24 Jul 18
Expensive rents and a lack of social homes have caused a 73% rise in homelessness among working people, a charity has said.
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18 Jul 18
Facts and figures from the July 2018 edition of Public Finance magazine on immigration caps, the riddle of the Lords, and the ethnic diversity gap in UK charities
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13 Jul 18
Housing associations should be doing more to help unemployed social renters back into work, a think-tank has said.
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4 Jul 18
The government will not provide interim funding for Windrush citizens while it consults on a compensation scheme, the home secretary has confirmed today.
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18 Jun 18
Local authorities need government funding to help them make a success of the act recently brought in to prevent and reduce homelessness, says the LGiU’s Andrew Walker.
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15 Jun 18
Universal credit is pushing additional costs onto councils, while the overall scheme may never provide value for money, according to the National Audit Office.
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14 Jun 18
Some current tax systems across the world – including the UK’s - are “irresponsible” and are doing nothing to improve gender equality, a parliamentary panel has warned.
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11 Jun 18
Ending homelessness could reap the government a £16bn windfall within a decade, according to a leading charity.
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8 Jun 18
A charity is demanding a major shake up in the social security system because of “shameful” shortcomings that left one and a half million people in destitution in 2017.
19 Sep 18The government should borrow tens of billions of pounds more a year to protect public services, a think-tank has suggested.
13 Sep 18Councils in the most deprived areas of England have shouldered 97% of total cuts in spending on services for people in need, according to analysis.
6 Sep 18Migration and integration remain tricky issues in many communities. Councils can help build cohesion, reports Russell Hargrave.
6 Sep 18Personal debt is costing the UK economy £900m every year, the public spending watchdog has warned today.
6 Sep 18Brexit will leave British families worse off regardless of what type of deal the UK gets, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has warned.
4 Sep 18On 1 April 2013 the government brought in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act, which meant hundreds of thousands of people eligibe for legal aid became ineligible....
30 Aug 18Government spending to promote migrant integration should increase by £15m a year, a think-tank report has urged.
30 Aug 18The government must end the freeze on private rent housing benefits to help low income tenants cover their rent, a housing group has urged.
17 Aug 18The government has launched a pilot allowing housing association tenants to buy their social homes.
14 Aug 18The government has come under fire from campaign groups for failing to commit new funding to boost social housing, in its long-awaited green paper released today.
13 Aug 18A £100m homelessness strategy to help end rough sleeping in the UK by 2027 has been announced by the government.
10 Aug 18Funds from dormant bank account and inactive charitable trusts will be released to fund a range of community-focused and led initiatives, according to the government’s Civil Society Strategy.
9 Aug 18Ministers have abandoned plans to change the way rent for people in supported housing is paid and confirmed it will remain within the welfare system.
6 Aug 18Families rely more on food banks over the summer holidays because children do not have access to free school meals, according to an anti-poverty charity.
30 Jul 18Councils and other government bodies are “over-zealous” and “uncompromising” in the way they pursue financially vulnerable people over unpaid debt, MPs have said.
24 Jul 18Expensive rents and a lack of social homes have caused a 73% rise in homelessness among working people, a charity has said.
18 Jul 18Facts and figures from the July 2018 edition of Public Finance magazine on immigration caps, the riddle of the Lords, and the ethnic diversity gap in UK charities
13 Jul 18Housing associations should be doing more to help unemployed social renters back into work, a think-tank has said.
4 Jul 18The government will not provide interim funding for Windrush citizens while it consults on a compensation scheme, the home secretary has confirmed today.
15 Jun 18Universal credit is pushing additional costs onto councils, while the overall scheme may never provide value for money, according to the National Audit Office.
14 Jun 18Some current tax systems across the world – including the UK’s - are “irresponsible” and are doing nothing to improve gender equality, a parliamentary panel has warned.
8 Jun 18A charity is demanding a major shake up in the social security system because of “shameful” shortcomings that left one and a half million people in destitution in 2017.
