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From Boycott Workfare… “The DWP has been ordered to reveal the names of workfare exploiters after losing 3 appeals. The government had been afraid of workfare schemes collapsing due to public protest if the names of organisations using workfare were … Continue reading →
From today’s issue of ‘i‘, front page; ‘ “Bedroom tax” causes five-fold rise in hardship cases. – 25,000 people applied for help with housing payments in April, up from 5,700 in 2012 – Government boosts emergency fund to £155m. – … Continue reading →
The High Court has been asked to declare that the Government’s so-called “bedroom tax” unlawfully discriminates against disabled people in social housing. New housing benefit regulations, introduced on April 1, led to reductions in benefit payments to tenants assessed to … Continue reading →
