Hackney Council proposes 50% rise in service charges for homeless residents
Hackney Council is set to raise service charges by 50% for people living in its temporary accommodation hostels to bring down ‘significant’ overspends.
Parliamentary committee launches inquiry into DWP safeguarding after claimant deaths
The House of Commons work and pensions committee has announced a new inquiry into how the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) supports vulnerable benefit claimants and whether its approach to safeguarding needs to change.