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19 June, 2015

Gingerbread and CPAG call on government to raise level of childcare support in tax credits to 85 per cent

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18 June, 2015

Affordable alternatives to high-cost lenders are needed, says the Joseph Rowntree Foundation

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18 June, 2015

Universal credit weakens the work incentive for potential second earners in a household, says the Joseph Rowntree Foundation

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18 June, 2015

Welsh government needs to address underclaiming of pension credit, says National Assembly Committee

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18 June, 2015

More than two-thirds of people who complete the Work Programme return to jobcentre plus at the end of their two years

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18 June, 2015

Frank Field announced as new chair of the Work and Pensions Committee

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18 June, 2015

Deadline brought forward for draft legislation to replace Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards

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18 June, 2015

Dispatches from the front lines of the housing crisis

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17 June, 2015

New PIP claims currently taking an average of 11 weeks from registration to decision

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17 June, 2015

Reform think tank calls for government to invest in social housing in order to reduce spending on housing benefit

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17 June, 2015

Unlawful deprivations of liberty in care placements are widespread

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17 June, 2015

Re X (Court of Protection Practice)

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17 June, 2015

Expansion of conditionality under universal credit could lead to number of sanctions almost doubling

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17 June, 2015

Standard interest rate to fall to 3.12 per cent in July 2015

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17 June, 2015

Universal credit caseload only at two-thirds the number projected for May 2015

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17 June, 2015

Remedies for anti-social behaviour in private housing

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17 June, 2015

2.4m bed days lost in 5 years from social care delays

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16 June, 2015

More than half a million people received council tax reduction in Scotland in 2014/2015

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16 June, 2015

How cities can connect people in poverty with jobs

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