Benefit Cap – latest
The DWP gave an update on the Benefit Cap to a small group of local authorities. The key messages are summarised below. The benefit cap will be reviewed annually, and uprated at the Ministers...
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Local Authorities and Welfare Reform
Policy in Practice supports local authorities to prepare for the Universal Credit pilots, helps councils to design sensible council tax schemes under current constraints and the Universal Credit...
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Universal Credit and the Benefit Cap: Lewisham Case Study
In a survey of 200 claimants who used the Benefit Cap Calculator, 85% said they were more likely to look for work following their appointment. Lewisham and the Benefit Cap Lewisham was announced as...
View ArticleThe Benefit Cap – Truth, lies and statistics
The benefit cap came into effect across four London boroughs this week. Some two and a half thousand families across Bromley, Croydon, Enfield and Haringey will be affected. It will apply across the...
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Benefit Cap White Paper: The Lewisham Approach
Today the Benefit Cap went live in many areas of the country, and Policy in Practice published its first in-house publication today, the Benefit Cap White Paper. The paper details the approach...
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Austerity and Welfare Reform: Should we separate the two?
Policy in Practice was invited to speak to the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) on welfare reform, along with Steve Fothergill, from the Centre for Regional and Social Research at Sheffield...
View ArticleElection 2015: What’s At Stake for Welfare?
Last week all of the political parties unveiled their manifestos ahead of the upcoming General Election. The headline pledges from the three main parties are: Labour will scrap the ‘Non-dom’ tax status...
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5 Things We Learned from the Benefit Cap Impact Assessment
Ian Duncan Smith, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions A lower Benefit Cap will be introduced across the UK from April 2016. The DWP recently released a new lower benefit cap impact assessment...
View ArticleThe Benefit Cap: the varied impact on London, Cities and Towns
In our National Picture of Welfare Reform series we reveal what we have learnt about the different impacts of welfare reforms. Our analysis is based on household-level data from local authorities that...
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