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# Policy in Practice: Benefits calculator and data analytics

> Data\-driven software and analytics to identify vulnerability, maximise income and close the £24bn unclaimed support gap\.

## Pages
- [Better Off Calculator](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/better-off-calculator/)
- [Home](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/)
- [Council tax reduction support](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/council-tax-reduction/)
- [Low Income Family Tracker](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/low-income-family-tracker/)
- [Missing Out 2026](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/missing-out-2026/)

## Posts
- [Tackling pre\-pensioner poverty: The critical policy interventions needed now](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/blog/tackling-pre-pensioner-poverty/)
- [Navigating the social and economic implications of AI](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/blog/navigating-the-social-and-economic-implications-of-ai/)
- [Future proofing Council Tax Support for LGR and the 2027 policy reset](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/blog/future-proofing-council-tax-support-for-lgr-and-the-2027-policy-reset/)
- [At a glance guide to benefit uprating in April 2026](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/blog/at-a-glance-guide-to-benefit-uprating-in-april-2026/)
- [Key lessons from the High Court ruling on Trafford Council’s local council tax reduction scheme](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/blog/key-lessons-from-the-high-court-ruling-on-trafford-councils-local-council-tax-reduction-scheme/)

## Audiences
- [Local authorities](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/audience/local-authorities/)
- [Utilities](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/audience/utilities/)
- [Charities](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/audience/charities/)
- [Housing providers](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/audience/housing-providers/)
- [Finance organisations](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/audience/finance-organisations/)

## Case Studies
- [How Surrey uses shared data and co\-ordinated delivery to support residents across the county](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/case-study/surrey/)
- [Data\-driven support: How Aberdeen City Council used LIFT to deliver discretionary support to households impacted by the benefit cap](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/case-study/aberdeen-city-council/)
- [Wrexham and Pembrokeshire Councils boost Free School Meals and School Essentials Grant take up with two data\-led approaches](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/case-study/wrexham-and-pembrokeshire/)
- [Bracknell Forest’s journey from tackling homelessness to benefit take up and arrears recovery using data](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/case-study/bracknell-forest/)
- [Scope finds £134,000 in support for over 80 households with disabilities using the Better off Calculator](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/case-study/scope-client-story/)

## Publications
- [Missing Out 2025](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/publication/missing-out-2025/)
- [Missing Out 2026](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/publication/missing-out-2026/)
- [Accidents and Entitlements: Linking the wider determinants for A\&E admission and health to welfare](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/publication/accidents-and-entitlements-linking-the-wider-determinants-for-ae-admission-and-health-to-welfare/)
- [Exploring the potential of administrative benefits data to evaluate the impact of legal services](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/publication/exploring-the-potential-of-administrative-benefits-data-to-evaluate-the-impact-of-legal-services/)
- [Linking household benefits, financial precarity and child welfare](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/publication/linking-household-benefits-financial-precarity-and-child-welfare/)

## Webinars
- [The LGR playbook: Stabilising services, modelling council tax and allocating Crisis and Resilience Funding](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/webinar/the-lgr-playbook/)
- [Supporting Family First and Best Start Hubs: Delivering better outcomes through integrated safeguarding and welfare solutions](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/webinar/supporting-family-first-and-best-start-hubs-delivering-better-outcomes-through-integrated-safeguarding-and-welfare-solutions/)
- [Efficient and sustainable employment support: Blueprints for a data\-led, holistic strategy](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/webinar/efficient-and-sustainable-employment-support-blueprints-for-a-data-led-holistic-strategy/)
- [Same customer, different bill: How sectors are tackling financial hardship together](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/webinar/same-customer-different-bill/)
- [Country to county: Regional data collaboration that drives better outcomes for residents](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/webinar/regional-data-collaboration/)