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More than 100 hostels to be built or improved
Govt targets £70m to help rough sleepers

A government scheme designed to help rough sleepers into work or training will be expanded after the Department for Communities and Local Government agreed to more funding. Housing minister Yvette Cooper announced this morning £70 million would be available to help hostels offer a more rounded service to rough sleepers. The government has already launched… Read more »

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MPs urge govt to improve benefit take-up
MPs urge reform of council tax benefit

Council tax benefit must be made easier to claim, MPs have said. The communities and local government committee found too few of those eligible for council tax benefit where claiming the relief, with £2 billion left unclaimed last year. In its report published today, the committee said the rules governing council tax benefit are too… Read more »