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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.
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4 Jun 18
If the government is serious about improving the life chances of poorer children, it should reconsider its plans for grammar schools, says the Education Policy Institute’s Natalie Perera.
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4 Jun 18
Action on closing gender pay gaps should be based on sound evidence - not quick fixes, says Public Services People Managers Association’s president Karen Grave.
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1 Jun 18
Expanding grammar schools will benefit children in better off areas rather than increase opportunity for all, says the Lib Dem’s education spokesperson Layla Moran.
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30 May 18
Governments must invest more in public services and citizens in order to boost sustainable and inclusive growth and tackle the problem of ‘left-behind’ groups, according to the OECD.
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30 May 18
MPs and a local government umbrella-body have called for greater funding and powers for councils to tackle childhood obesity.
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25 May 18
The Scottish Government has allocated £50m of funding for schools to help close the attainment gap in the country.
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22 May 18
Local authorities will bear the brunt of changes to legal aid planned by the Ministry of Justice, a network of law professionals has warned.
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10 May 18
Pilot areas for an “internationally proven approach” to helping rough sleepers with complex needs into stable accommodation have been named by the housing secretary.
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9 May 18
Gentrification isn’t just about hipster cafes and flat whites. Done right, it can mean real regeneration of local communities. Kim Thomas reports.
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8 May 18
Young people should receive a £10,000 windfall at the age of 25 to bridge the generational wealth gap, an expert commission has recommended.
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4 May 18
Funding cuts have left the alcohol treatment sector in England in “crisis”, a report by a charity has said.
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25 Apr 18
The number of Scots seeking help to pay for food and heating from a crisis fund has increased, with one in eight applications due to a delay in the payment of benefits, according to the Scottish...
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24 Apr 18
Public sector expert Sir Michael Lyons has called for some of the soaring value of land assets to be used to boost social and affordable housing.