Skip to Main Content

Government rules out temporary accommodation subsidy boost

(Shutterstock)

The government has rejected a call to boost temporary accommodation subsidies paid to local authorities despite warnings that the current freeze puts an “enormous financial strain” on council budgets.

Please subscribe or upgrade your membership. To continue reading this article please sign in below or subscribe to our site.

Subscribe

In April, the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee recommended that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) increase the rate at which councils

User-centred service design, automation, AI, and inclusion are key strands of a “big” digital transformation agenda at Cumberland Council – underpinned by a major focus on cybersecurity.

(Shutterstock)