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benefit freeze

April 8, 2020

Sixty organisations press Chancellor for emergency child benefit rise

Child benefit is an effective, fast and resilient way to get money into families' bank accounts to cover additional costs, say the organisations.
October 9, 2019

Nine in 10 homes unaffordable for families on benefits

The National Housing Federation is urgently calling on the government to increase LHA payments so that they cover at least the bottom 30 per cent of private rent homes in any local area.
April 2, 2019

Children growing up in poverty 'endure hunger and shame'

Children in low-income families are going hungry and are being exposed to feelings of shame and social exclusion because of lack of money and food, new research from UCL, published by Child Poverty Action Group shows.
March 20, 2019

CIH Scotland responds to Social Security Committee’s call for evidence

Welfare reforms are limiting local authorities’ ability to discharge their homelessness duty and could impede the Scottish Government’s rapid rehousing and Housing First agenda, says the Chartered Institute of Housing.
March 14, 2019

Spring Statement: starving the children to pay off the mortgage

As I listened to Phillip Hammond’s self-congratulatory assessment of
March 13, 2019

No escape from benefit cap for 82% of affected households, says Committee

The Committee is already hearing of families left with so little their children are being taken into care because of neglect.
October 14, 2018

Austerity continues for low income familes, says Resolution Foundation

Over 10 million households will be affected by the ongoing benefits freeze.
August 30, 2018

Housing Benefit freeze increasing risk of homelessness

Even the lowest private rents are now out of reach for people on low incomes, putting thousands at increased risk of homelessness, says the Chartered Institute of Housing.
November 13, 2017

Unfreeze benefits and reboot Universal Credit, says Resolution Foundation

Unfreezing working age benefits and rebooting Universal Credit would provide a much needed living standards boost to young families as the majority of gains would go to millennials, according to a new report published by the Resolution Foundation.
November 4, 2017

Children's Society asks government to 'urgently rethink' benefits policy

The Children's Society says it wants the government to "urgently re-think its four year benefits freeze, benefit cap and two-child limit."