Unaffordable rents – arranged by Tories – are pushing low-income families towards homelessness
Nine out of every 10 homes for rent are too expensive for families on housing benefit or the equivalent, Local …
Tag Archives: housing benefit
Did DWP stop this woman’s benefit SOLELY to make her suicidal?
This story, broken today by Welfare Weekly, would be shocking if it wasn’t what we have come to expect from …
How Tories have fun: Trying to starve and evict a disabled man
This story tells you all you need to know about the benefit system under the Conservative government: Just read about …
Tories sneak out continued benefit freeze behind announcement of royal engagement
Oh, joyous day! (That’s unless you receive Universal Credit, Jobseekers’ Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance, Income Support, Housing Benefit, or …
Help is available for people suffering Universal Credit-related money problems
Local councils have a duty to provide help for people with no income due to delays in Universal Credit payments …
Anti-homelessness helpline now receiving call for help every 30 seconds
The Conservative Government is shifting its policy on homelessness – although whether it will be effective has yet to be …
Five things George Osborne doesn’t want you to mention about his spending review
Let’s mention them: Tory backbenchers cheered, but plenty of people will be hit. As experts look for the devil in …
At last someone in the Labour Party is speaking up on political issues
… and it’s John Healey! Who’d have thought it? His article in yesterday’s Guardian makes a lot of sense (although …
Burnham’s anti-welfare stance will lose him my vote
Will somebody from the Common Sense wing of the Labour Party please stand for the leadership? Today The Guardian is …
Election choice isn’t as ‘stark’ as David Cameron wants you to think
According to the BBC, “David Cameron is to tell voters they face a ‘stark choice’ between him and Labour’s Ed …