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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
- [Missing Out 2026](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/missing-out-2026/)
- [Low Income Family Tracker](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/low-income-family-tracker/)
- [Newsletter](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/newsletter/)
- [Linking household benefits, financial precarity and child welfare](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/financial-precarity-and-child-welfare/)
- [Home](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/)

## Posts
- [More children will be eligible for Free School Meals from September, the next challenge is take\-up](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/blog/free-school-meals-eligibility/)
- [Who suffers when safeguarding data stays put? Why data sharing saves lives](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/blog/who-suffers-when-safeguarding-data-stays-put/)
- [Families First: Are you ready for the March 2027 deadline?](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/blog/families-first/)
- [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/)

## 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
- [Citizens Advice Scotland: How frontline advisers used the Better Off Calculator to support people with confidence](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/case-study/citizens-advice-scotland/)
- [Lantern helps customers discover £4\.6 million in unclaimed benefits through automated income checks](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/case-study/lantern/)
- [How Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council helped over 200 residents into work or training](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/case-study/rotherham-council-helps-over-200-residents-into-work-or-training/)
- [Over £24 million generated for households and long\-term growth for the council:  How East Riding of Yorkshire uses LIFT to support residents at every stage of their life](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/case-study/eroy/)
- [Fife Council allocated over £160,000 to benefit capped households in just eight months](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/case-study/fife-council/)

## Publications
- [Half of eligible pensioners are missing out on Council Tax Reduction](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/publication/independent-age/)
- [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/)

## Webinars
- [From eligibility to enrolment: How local authorities increase Free School Meals take\-up and support schools](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/webinar/from-eligibility-to-enrolment-how-local-authorities-increase-free-school-meals-take-up-and-support-schools/)
- [Delivering Families First programmes through integrated welfare and safeguarding](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/webinar/family-first/)
- [The LGR playbook: Stabilising services, modelling council tax and allocating Crisis and Resilience Funding](https://policyinpractice.co.uk/webinar/the-lgr-playbook/)
- [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/)