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Making shared housing work

Sue Heath By Sue Heath Filed Under: Featured, Health and Social Care, Whitehall Watch Posted: July 3, 2014

The Government wants people on housing benefit to share accommodation to bring down costs. But, Sue Heath warns, voluntary arrangements usually work better than compulsion. The Government’s welfare reform programme is penalising under-occupation of social rented accommodation that is paid for by housing benefit. One approach favoured by the Government is more sharing of accommodation […]

Tagged With: bedroom tax, Caroline Lucas, crisis, George Osborne, housing, Shared Accommodation Rate, shared housing, Under the Same Roof, welfare reform

Modernising Government Mk II: ‘Working Together’

Colin Talbot By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted: March 10, 2009

Back in 1999 ‘Modernising Government’ was finally published. After nearly two years gestation the general verdict was that it was indeed an elephant – huge, sprawling and ungainly. Everything including the kitchen-sink had been thrown into the lengthy, turgid and mind-numbingly boring document. Well, now we have Modernising Government II – or ‘Working Together: Public […]

Tagged With: crisis, government, local government, public services, spending

Government bails out “Private” Finance Initiative

Colin Talbot By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted: March 4, 2009

The old joke that consultants borrow your watch and then charge you if you want to be told the time has finally come true. The UK Treasury has announced it will step in to provide the finance for £8bn worth of PFI (private finance initiative) deals this year, as other sources of finance dry up […]

Tagged With: banking, crisis, government, PFI, Select Committees

Hard Times for Public Services

Colin Talbot By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted: February 27, 2009

Whoever is in power at Westminster, public services are facing hard times over the next few years.

Tagged With: crisis, government, public services, spending

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