Welfare

By Ann McGauran | 05 October 2021

What does the future hold for children’s social care and what are the priorities for reform? Ann ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Domestic violence and its betrayal

By Stephen Young | 29 September 2021

The Domestic Abuse Act could and should have gone further ‘particularly and most notably around f...

LONDON COUNCILS

Families under pressure

27 September 2021

As energy and food costs soar and pandemic financial support comes to an end, Chris Mahony asks w...

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE

Kerslake: Government must act now on rough sleeping

23 September 2021

Strides made to end homelessness during the pandemic could be lost if the Government does not act...

HEALTH

HMJ: Analysis warns UC cut will widen health inequalities

By Laura Sharman | 14 September 2021

The planned cut to the Universal Credit uplift will hit areas with the worst health the hardest, ...

HEALTH

Let's end rough sleeping

By Lord Kerslake | 06 September 2021

The Government has committed to ending rough sleeping by 2024. To sustain this there needs to be ...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Chancellor faces tough call on on care, pensions and welfare

By Heather Jameson | 06 September 2021

Chancellor Rishi Sunak will need to make a series of tough choices this autumn, the Resolution Fo...

FINANCE

Counting the costs of council tax support

By Deven Ghelani | 17 August 2021

Council tax support scheme costs have grown by 16% in London during the pandemic. Deven Ghelani s...

The new ECA could be the good press debt collection desperately needs

By Alan Hamblett | 09 August 2021

Alan Hamblett discusses the introduction of the Enforcement Conduct Authority (ECA) and what this...

WELFARE

The value of putting local welfare cash provision first

By Gareth Evans | 02 August 2021

Gareth Evans looks at the evidence around cash first approaches to local welfare provision and as...

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