Energy bills in the UK are predicted to rise considerably over the next year. This is due to issues that have increased wholesale energy costs and have subsequently put a number of energy suppliers out of business. This briefing outlines these issues and considers the potential impact of increasing energy bills on UK households and how the consumer protection regulatory regime has responded.
04
Feb
Feb
This paper considers homeowners’ means of redress when faced with defects in newly built housing. It summarises the Government and industry response.
03
Feb
Feb
The Government will reform leasehold tenure and make buying/extending lease agreements “easier, faster, fairer and cheaper”. There’ll be a two-part legislative process. This page explains what’s known about the reforms and timetable.
03
Feb
Feb
Millions of households will receive £350 of government support to help protect them from rising energy costs, the Chancellor announced today.
02
Feb
Feb
In November 2020, the Government published its Social Housing White Paper, setting out plans for a new consumer regulation regime. One element was the requirement that the Regulator of Social Housing develop clear and comparable tenant satisfaction measures. These measures should apply to all social landlords and cover the areas that matter to their tenants.
01
Feb
Feb
This briefing provides an overview of key issues facing the adult social care sector during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, and provides links to some of the key official guidance for the sector.
31
Jan
Jan
What is the picture of poverty at the start of 2022, coming up to two years after a global pandemic struck? To an extent the picture is unclear: we don’t yet have official poverty data covering the pandemic period, and we know that the quality of the very surveys we rely on for this information were affected by the onset of the pandemic.
28
Jan
Jan
This briefing paper considers suicide prevention policies and strategies throughout the UK. It outlines national and local approaches to prevention policy in some key policy areas.
27
Jan
Jan
A report of the APPG for ‘left behind’. The All-Party Parliamentary Group for ‘left behind’ neighbourhoods is a cross party group of MPs and Peers. It was formed to increase opportunities and improve the quality of life for people living in areas which face a mixture of economic deprivation and insufficient social infrastructure – the connections, organisations and spaces to meet that enable communities to make positive changes for themselves.
26
Jan
Jan
How ageing affects health and care need in England