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  Greenwich identifies £20 million of unclaimed benefits for residents
  
  New team created to help people clear debt and find work
  
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  80% of financially vulnerable people who engaged with DHP campaign received an average of £450
  
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  Building a path out of in-work poverty
  
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  How the Health and Social Care Levy will affect care workers
  
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Upcoming live webinars

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How data can help you target your Household Support Fund and other discretionary funding Covid-19 has hit low-income households in the UK hard. Universal Credit claimants more than doubled during the past two years, reaching an all-time high of 5.8 million people. As many as 8.9 million jobs were put on furlough and the poorest fifth of households in the UK saw an average fall in earnings of 15%. To help councils navigate the aftermath of the pandemic the government has introduced a £500 million Household Support Fund, helping vulnerable households to cover their fuel, food and utility bills. It will be vital for local authorities to use data to identify residents who are struggling or in crisis for targeted support from the Household Support Fund and other discretionary funding. Sutton Council, like many councils, are using their administrative data creatively to ensure their residents are getting the right support at the right time. They have used insights from their own administrative data to identify and target support to over 500 households, supporting residents with a range of discretionary funding, including DHP and crisis payments, to boost income and sustain tenancies. Join this webinar to hear: - How councils can use their data to target their discretionary funding to support vulnerable households before crisis hits - Sutton Council’s innovative approach to tackling their resident’s Covid-19 income shocks - How Sutton Council use automated data refreshes to respond to struggling residents more effectively We will be joined by guest speaker, Julian Clift, Welfare Benefits Advice and Support Manager, Sutton Council.	17/11/2021j/n/Y	10:30 GMT2021-11-17T10:30:00ZH:i T	1.5 hours	Register

On-demand webinars

How Kent County and district councils collaborate with data to tackle poverty

How Autumn’s income shocks will hit low income families

Designing a post pandemic council tax reduction scheme

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- We believe in the power of data and technology to change lives
  
  Policy in Practice is a social policy software and analytics company working with councils, government, housing providers and community organisations. We are a team of policy experts who combine cutting-edge tech, insightful data and expert analysis. We help organisations analyse the impact of policy, identify and engage the people impacted, and track the effectiveness of interventions.
  
  Our award winning Benefit and Budgeting calculator, linked to from GOV.UK, helps around 10,000 people every day find out what support they may be eligible for. Our data analytics services help organisations find relationships in datasets and visualise the drivers of poverty. We use our policy expertise to drive change via evidence, publications and media.
  
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Budget 2021: A missed opportunity for welfare certainty

Budget 2021: Our policy analysts Sam Tims, Alex Clegg and Zoe Charlesworth look at the announcements and what they mean for welfare.

What Budget 2020 means for low-income families

Sam Tims and Duncan Hatfield take a look 7 measures announced this week and discuss what Budget 2020 means for low-income families.

The impact of Brexit on low-income households

Sam Tims looks at what impact four Brexit scenarios will have on low-income households and identifies steps councils can take to support people affected.

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