Welfare - Page 38

By Estelle Worthington | 06 November 2014

Amid the media clamour over immigration, local government has had to pick up the pieces of poor W...

HEALTH

How to prepare for Care Act duties

By Simon Galczynski | 30 October 2014

Simon Galczynski urges social care managers to understand new legal duties under the Care Act and...

FINANCE

NALC 'gob smacked' by £9m council tax support cash grab

By Jonathan Werran | 27 October 2014

The representative body for parish and town councils will this week use its annual general meetin...

BUSINESS

LDL moves back to local authority ownership

By Jamie Hailstone | 21 October 2014

Liverpool City Council’s controversial partnership with BT – Liverpool Direct (LDL) – looks set t...

FINANCE

Fraud and errors cost housing benefit £1.4bn

By Jonathan Werran | 21 October 2014

The viability of the housing system is being put into question through increasing reliance by eve...

WHITEHALL

If the welfare cap fits, wear it

By Jonathan Werran | 21 October 2014

Features editor Jonathan Werran on the countdown to chancellor George Osborne's quite wintry Autu...

BEDROOM TAX

Bedroom tax hits the North most, ALMOs' research indicates

By Jonathan Werran | 20 October 2014

Residents in the North of England continue to face the greatest impact of the so-called bedroom t...

WHITEHALL

PAC Hodge: 'Out of sight, out of mind' DWP at fault for record housing benefit overpayments

By Jonathan Werran | 16 October 2014

Housing Benefit overpayments cost the taxpayer nearly £1bn in 2013/14, spending watchdogs have ca...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Council chiefs to work with Whitehall for UC roll-out

By Jamie Hailstone | 14 October 2014

Town hall chiefs have pledged to work with Whitehall on the roll-out of the controversial Univers...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Commission calls for devolution within Birmingham's children's services

By Jonathan Werran | 14 October 2014

Responsibility for Birmingham's beleagured children's services should be devolved to 10 district...

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