housing benefit
Out in the cold on Christmas day: The growing homelessness crisis
Christmas is just three days away, but thousands of people, particularly young people, will be out on the street on Christmas Day, writes Rory Weal.
Could the welfare bill signal the death of social housing?
Thomas Sutton investigates the impact on social housing of the changes to housing benefit contained in Iain Duncan Smith’s welfare reform bill.
Cameron’s benefit cap rewards family break-up
David Cameron has rooted the causes of the August riots in values and family break-up. So why is he proposing a benefit cap that will encourage parents to split?