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The local authority had charged the rent for a two bedroom flat instead of a one bedroom and the full cost was met by Housing Benefit. The Council had ...Latest Forum Posts
Dawnie - 18/08/2017
Housing Dept secured an arrangement with a 'man with a van' and we ask people to use him ...
Universal Credit, Benefit Cap, APA, DHP case study
JonnyC - 18/08/2017
Yes; it is a very hard cap when applied to UC
If there is a housing cost element within ...
Universal Credit, Benefit Cap, APA, DHP case study
Joe Dunn - 18/08/2017
so they can in effective reduce the money needed to care for her and her 5 children?
co ...
Universal Credit & Benefit Cap Reduction
Joe Dunn - 18/08/2017
hello, thank you for the response. So as the APA is in place Universal Credit are kno ...
Latest News
08/08/2017
"We are concerned about the Department for Work
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Department for Work and Pensions welcomes new ministerial team
16/06/2017
The new team at the Department for Work and
Pensions is:
Secretary of State – Rt Hon
David Gauk...
Benefit cap "starting to bite" across Britain
03/05/2017
http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/commi
ttees-a-z/commons-select/work-and-pensions-committ...
"Chancellor Philip Hammond facing calls from own party to review four-year benefit freeze"
17/04/2017
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/chan
cellor-philip-hammond-facing-calls-from-his-own-pa...