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14 Jan 20
The four-year freeze on Local Housing Allowance rates is to be lifted in April bringing the benefit in line with inflation, the government has announced.
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10 Jan 20
Councils failing to administer housing benefit correctly are driving families to become homeless, the local government watchdog has found.
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27 Nov 19
A food bank provider fears that Christmas could see record levels of people using their services.
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26 Nov 19
The Conservative manifesto risks child poverty hitting a 60-year high in the UK, a think-tank has warned.
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14 Nov 19
The public sector needs to work together to improve the future performance and sustainability of its services, leaders told the official launch of major analysis on government spend.
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13 Nov 19
Whichever party addresses the shortcomings of universal credit, it should commit to designing the system hand in hand with claimants, writes Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s Iain Porter.
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4 Nov 19
The government’s pledge to lift the benefit freeze is not enough to “turn back the rising tide of poverty”, charities have said.
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22 Oct 19
Two thirds of young, single parents will be worse off as they switch to Universal Credit, a think-tank has warned.
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18 Oct 19
London boroughs should play a “leading role” in administering welfare support to residents in the capital, an umbrella group has said.
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18 Oct 19
The number of Universal Credit fraud cases more than doubled in three months, the Department for Work and Pensions permanent secretary Peter Schofield has revealed to a group of...
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15 Oct 19
The vast majority of British people think hunger is a problem in the UK and Westminster is to blame, according to a charity.
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11 Oct 19
Westminster cannot properly reform welfare without addressing the lack of support given to vital informal carers, says Bright Blue’s Anvar Sarygulov.
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30 Sep 19
Labour has promised to scrap the “unmitigated disaster” of Universal Credit and replace the Department for Work and Pensions with a ‘Department for Social Security’.
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30 Sep 19
The financial secretary to the Treasury has said changes to local authority funding allocations “will happen” but could not say when.
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12 Sep 19
The Scottish Government’s borrowing powers are likely to come under increasing pressure due to the volatility inherent in the fiscal framework, MSPs have heard.
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15 Aug 19
The number of people receiving the state pension has fallen by 120,000 over the course of a year, government statistics have shown.
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15 Jul 19
Food bank usage is expected to rise again when schools break up this summer, a charity has said.
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28 Jun 19
Fraud and errors related to payments made by the Department for Work and Pensions have reached record highs and are set to grow due to universal credit.
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28 Jun 19
There are three steps the government can take to transform the roll-out of Universal Credit, argues Jenny Luckett of Riverside Group.
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14 Jun 19
Real income growth has ground to a halt after five years of recovery, with lowest income households hardest hit because of cuts in benefits and tax credits.
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13 Jun 19
The introduction of universal credit, and in particular the five-week delay before receipt of the first payment, has led to an “unacceptable” rise in rent arrears north of the border.
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6 Jun 19
The mass devolution of social security benefits next year represents a “very significant fiscal risk” to the Scottish budget, according to the body responsible for Scotland’s economic forecasts.
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5 Jun 19
An £8.3bn package of investment in social security could lift 700,000 children out of poverty, according to charity analysis.
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28 May 19
Strikes over universal credit workloads could spread to other parts of the country, a union has warned.
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24 May 19
A Department for Work and Pensions minister will investigate a fraudulent loan company that stole an applicant’s identity to apply for universal credit.
14 Jan 20The four-year freeze on Local Housing Allowance rates is to be lifted in April bringing the benefit in line with inflation, the government has announced.
10 Jan 20Councils failing to administer housing benefit correctly are driving families to become homeless, the local government watchdog has found.
27 Nov 19A food bank provider fears that Christmas could see record levels of people using their services.
26 Nov 19The Conservative manifesto risks child poverty hitting a 60-year high in the UK, a think-tank has warned.
14 Nov 19The public sector needs to work together to improve the future performance and sustainability of its services, leaders told the official launch of major analysis on government spend.
13 Nov 19Whichever party addresses the shortcomings of universal credit, it should commit to designing the system hand in hand with claimants, writes Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s Iain Porter.
4 Nov 19The government’s pledge to lift the benefit freeze is not enough to “turn back the rising tide of poverty”, charities have said.
18 Oct 19London boroughs should play a “leading role” in administering welfare support to residents in the capital, an umbrella group has said.
18 Oct 19The number of Universal Credit fraud cases more than doubled in three months, the Department for Work and Pensions permanent secretary Peter Schofield has revealed to a group of...
15 Oct 19The vast majority of British people think hunger is a problem in the UK and Westminster is to blame, according to a charity.
11 Oct 19Westminster cannot properly reform welfare without addressing the lack of support given to vital informal carers, says Bright Blue’s Anvar Sarygulov.
30 Sep 19The financial secretary to the Treasury has said changes to local authority funding allocations “will happen” but could not say when.
12 Sep 19The Scottish Government’s borrowing powers are likely to come under increasing pressure due to the volatility inherent in the fiscal framework, MSPs have heard.
15 Aug 19The number of people receiving the state pension has fallen by 120,000 over the course of a year, government statistics have shown.
28 Jun 19Fraud and errors related to payments made by the Department for Work and Pensions have reached record highs and are set to grow due to universal credit.
14 Jun 19Real income growth has ground to a halt after five years of recovery, with lowest income households hardest hit because of cuts in benefits and tax credits.
13 Jun 19The introduction of universal credit, and in particular the five-week delay before receipt of the first payment, has led to an “unacceptable” rise in rent arrears north of the border.
6 Jun 19The mass devolution of social security benefits next year represents a “very significant fiscal risk” to the Scottish budget, according to the body responsible for Scotland’s economic forecasts.
28 May 19Strikes over universal credit workloads could spread to other parts of the country, a union has warned.
24 May 19A Department for Work and Pensions minister will investigate a fraudulent loan company that stole an applicant’s identity to apply for universal credit.
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