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School uniform grants
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2024/07/school-uniform-grants/?utm_campaign=mse_weekly_email If you’re on certain benefits, such as Universal Credit, you may be able to get up to £200 to put toward the cost of your child’s school uniform in the form of a non-repayable grant. We’ve pulled together a list of the councils that offer the support – but go quick, as some of…
Through the roof
Through the roof: rising rents, disrepair, and evictions https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publications/through-the-roof-rising-rents-evictions-and-persistent-disrepair/ Private renters are at the sharp end of the living standards crisis, facing a perfect storm of ever-increasing rents, damp, cold and mouldy homes, and very little power to do anything about it. We’re urging the new government to prioritise renters when tackling the living standards…
This is only £91 a week for a single adult.
https://www.trusselltrust.org/get-involved/campaigns/guarantee-our-essentials/ The basic rate of Universal Credit should at least cover the cost of essentials like food, household bills and travel, but it is not currently set according to any objective assessment of what people need.
Over half of people receiving Universal Credit unable to afford enough food
https://www.trusselltrust.org/2024/02/21/over-half-of-people-receiving-universal-credit-unable-to-afford-enough-food/ 55% of people receiving Universal Credit ran out of food last month and couldn’t afford more.
Help paying for your childcare
https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/ Government help with childcare costs for parents. Whether you have toddlers or teens, you could get support.
Universal Credit Migration Notice – Migration Notices
https://www.turn2us.org.uk/get-support/information-for-your-situation/universal-credit-migration-notice/migration-notices If you have received a Universal Credit Migration Notice letter, reading this guide will help in understanding your next steps.
Pioneering study says regime based largely on benefit sanctions has failed to tackle economic inactivity
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/22/integrate-nhs-services-and-job-centres-to-get-more-people-working-report-says?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other The report, billed as the biggest single in-depth study of long-term worklessness, argues that a regime based largely on benefit sanctions has achieved little, and any serious effort to tackle economic inactivity must offer personalised help based on health.
Rental affordability
In the UK, the affordability of private rentals varies by region. In the financial year ending March 2022, the median household income needed to spend 26% of their income on a median-priced rented home in England, 23% in Wales, and 25% in Northern Ireland. London was the least affordable region, with a median rent of…
No fault evictions, and the kings speech
King’s Speech outlines details of plans to give renters much greater security and stability, but also to ensure that private landlords have ‘robust’ possession grounds to reclaim their properties when they need to The government has today confirmed its plan to introduce new legislation that will include provision to abolish ‘no-fault’ section 21 evictions.