Our latest report on Local Welfare Assistance and the Household Support Fund reveals that millions of people will be unable to access crisis support from their local council if the Household Support Fund, (HSF), ends on September 30th, 2024.
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Sep
Sep
Household debt: Data on the latest household debt statistics, including net lending, mortgage interest rates and insolvencies.
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Sep
Sep
Energy affordability no longer dominates headlines as it did when prices were at their peak, and for some households the acute phase of the energy crisis has passed. But millions of households are still struggling, and many are burdened with unsustainable energy debts built up over recent years.
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Sep
Sep
Being a carer can have a significant impact on someone’s ability to work, so what did the most recent NHS Staff Survey reveal about how many NHS staff are also carers? Rachel Hutchings explores the findings.
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Sep
Sep
The National Audit Office (NAO) scrutinises public spending for Parliament and is independent of government and the civil service. We help Parliament hold government to account and we use our insights to help people who manage and govern public bodies improve public services.
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Aug
Aug
Universal Credit aims to support benefit claimants to find work and to progress in work.
This study focuses on some of the lowest earning claimants on Universal Credit who are placed in the Intensive Work Search (IWS) regime. Claimants in the IWS regime are required to undertake activity to search for work, or more or better paid work.
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Aug
Aug
This page provides data on housing supply for district-level and unitary local authorities in England. Data is available on housing stock broken down by tenure, net supply of new housing, and supply of affordable housing.
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Aug
Aug
The Housing Ombudsman has launched its latest ‘Call for Evidence’ to inform its next Spotlight report, titled ‘Repairing Trust’, which will explore common issues in housing maintenance. This follows an unprecedented rise in complaints relating to disrepair, combined with increasing costs and skills shortages. In many cases, this is significantly impacting upon residents’ safety in their homes.
The report will highlight some of the positive changes landlords have made to rise to the maintenance challenge and support landlords prepare for the introduction of Awaab’s Law, which will for the first time set statutory repair timescales and record-keeping requirements.
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Aug
Aug
The UK is sick and getting sicker. Compared to other advanced economies, the UK lags on treatable and preventable mortality, obesity rates, alcohol harm, incidence of chronic long-term illness, symptoms of anxiety and depression, cancer, dementia, and cardiovascular disease survival.
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Aug
Aug
As digital technologies have developed, there has been a slow but significant shift in people using digital tools to access health and care services – and in health and care services using digital tools to deliver services.