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1 Apr 16
Nearly one in five people in the UK lack basic online skills, and do not realise what they are missing. Banks and other companies are acting on this
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14 Mar 16
Prime minister David Cameron has announced a help-to-save scheme that could see the government top up 3.5 million low-income people’s savings by £1,200.
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16 Feb 16
The government’s Universal Credit reforms will create “huge disincentives” for families receiving the payment to have more than £6,000 in savings, according to an analysis by...
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11 Feb 16
New insights into wellbeing suggest that a joined-up and enabling approach to services could be crucial
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4 Feb 16
Pension relief, paid at the marginal rate, disproportionately benefits high earners. A flat rate could release cash for arguably more deserving causes
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12 Jan 16
Some councils have ended emergency welfare provision this year following localisation of the support system by the Department for Work and Pensions, the National Audit Office has found.
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18 Dec 15
Two parliamentary select committees have launched a rare joint-inquiry to scrutinise the government’s life chances strategy and the impact of early years intervention.
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12 Nov 15
Will the changes outlined in the higher education green paper empower disadvantaged students, or hamper efforts to improve social mobility?
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11 Nov 15
MPs have called on the government to pause planned tax credit cuts to allow for development of a more thorough reform to the system.
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10 Nov 15
Public spending on education and economic development is set to fall to the lowest level on record by the end of the decade as spending shifts towards healthcare and provision for pensioners, a...
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2 Nov 15
Work and pensions committee chair Frank Field has written to chancellor George Osborne to urge him to publish a five-year impact assessment of the government’s proposed tax credit changes,...
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27 Oct 15
Chancellor George Osborne has said the Treasury will look at ways of compensating people who are set to lose out through tax credit changes after the House of Lords yesterday voted to stall the...
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26 Oct 15
The new single tier state pension system will leave most people worse off and remains fraught with complexities, according to new research.
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21 Oct 15
Back-to-work schemes should be overhauled to ensure they focus on the needs of people with social problems and those furthest from the job market, MPs have said.
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20 Oct 15
The Treasury has defended controversial proposals to further cut spending on tax credits, saying reforms introduced since 2010 are projected to save £15bn by 2016/17.
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19 Oct 15
Will the national living wage fix Northern Ireland’s low-pay economy - or make matters worse?
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14 Oct 15
Introduction of the national living wage is a welcome development. But it raises some big questions about the feasibility and fairness of pay restraint in the public sector.
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15 Sep 15
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said that Prime Minister David Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne are “poverty deniers” who are ignoring the extent to which families are struggling...
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14 Sep 15
The Scottish Government has quit the UK-wide Commission on Social Mobility and Child Poverty in protest at plans by UK ministers to exclude the children of in-work households from their definition of...
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10 Sep 15
Less than one-sixth of the losses faced by households from the summer Budget benefit cuts will be recouped by the introduction of the ‘national living wage’, the Institute for Fiscal...
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25 Aug 15
The country needs thousands of new homes and providing them is a government policy priority. So why have the Conservatives announced measures that will lead to fewer homes being built by social...
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16 Jul 15
Almost two-thirds of children living in poverty are in households where someone works, analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found.
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9 Jul 15
Former Treasury special adviser Julia Goldsworthy told CIPFA conference that the chancellor had delivered a ‘bold’ Budget, focusing on his key themes of lower taxes, lower welfare and...
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8 Jul 15
Council and housing association properties risk becoming the “A&E of housing”, a place for people who are in crisis, the CIPFA conference was told today.
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8 Jul 15
The Budget gave us the answers to where the £12bn in welfare cuts will come from. But we need a more sustainable and strategic approach to the drivers of welfare spending.
1 Apr 16Nearly one in five people in the UK lack basic online skills, and do not realise what they are missing. Banks and other companies are acting on this
14 Mar 16Prime minister David Cameron has announced a help-to-save scheme that could see the government top up 3.5 million low-income people’s savings by £1,200.
11 Feb 16New insights into wellbeing suggest that a joined-up and enabling approach to services could be crucial
4 Feb 16Pension relief, paid at the marginal rate, disproportionately benefits high earners. A flat rate could release cash for arguably more deserving causes
12 Jan 16Some councils have ended emergency welfare provision this year following localisation of the support system by the Department for Work and Pensions, the National Audit Office has found.
18 Dec 15Two parliamentary select committees have launched a rare joint-inquiry to scrutinise the government’s life chances strategy and the impact of early years intervention.
12 Nov 15Will the changes outlined in the higher education green paper empower disadvantaged students, or hamper efforts to improve social mobility?
11 Nov 15MPs have called on the government to pause planned tax credit cuts to allow for development of a more thorough reform to the system.
10 Nov 15Public spending on education and economic development is set to fall to the lowest level on record by the end of the decade as spending shifts towards healthcare and provision for pensioners, a...
27 Oct 15Chancellor George Osborne has said the Treasury will look at ways of compensating people who are set to lose out through tax credit changes after the House of Lords yesterday voted to stall the...
26 Oct 15The new single tier state pension system will leave most people worse off and remains fraught with complexities, according to new research.
21 Oct 15Back-to-work schemes should be overhauled to ensure they focus on the needs of people with social problems and those furthest from the job market, MPs have said.
20 Oct 15The Treasury has defended controversial proposals to further cut spending on tax credits, saying reforms introduced since 2010 are projected to save £15bn by 2016/17.
19 Oct 15Will the national living wage fix Northern Ireland’s low-pay economy - or make matters worse?
14 Oct 15Introduction of the national living wage is a welcome development. But it raises some big questions about the feasibility and fairness of pay restraint in the public sector.
15 Sep 15Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said that Prime Minister David Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne are “poverty deniers” who are ignoring the extent to which families are struggling...
14 Sep 15The Scottish Government has quit the UK-wide Commission on Social Mobility and Child Poverty in protest at plans by UK ministers to exclude the children of in-work households from their definition of...
10 Sep 15Less than one-sixth of the losses faced by households from the summer Budget benefit cuts will be recouped by the introduction of the ‘national living wage’, the Institute for Fiscal...
25 Aug 15The country needs thousands of new homes and providing them is a government policy priority. So why have the Conservatives announced measures that will lead to fewer homes being built by social...
16 Jul 15Almost two-thirds of children living in poverty are in households where someone works, analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found.
9 Jul 15Former Treasury special adviser Julia Goldsworthy told CIPFA conference that the chancellor had delivered a ‘bold’ Budget, focusing on his key themes of lower taxes, lower welfare and...
8 Jul 15Council and housing association properties risk becoming the “A&E of housing”, a place for people who are in crisis, the CIPFA conference was told today.
8 Jul 15The Budget gave us the answers to where the £12bn in welfare cuts will come from. But we need a more sustainable and strategic approach to the drivers of welfare spending.
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