The recovery of tax credit overpayments via Universal Credit is unfair and leading to low-income families facing a sharp fall in their income.
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May 2021
- We are finalists in the Digital Leaders Impact Awards 2021
- Walsall Council wins the Data for Good Initiative of the Year award
- DWP is listening to council’s calls for more Universal Credit data
- Our Benefit and Budgeting Calculator gets a new design
- Early feedback on Breathing Space implementation
- New analysis shows the cost of expanding Free School Meals in Wales
- Policy in Practice joins the Institute of Employability Professionals
- People news: hello to Tobias and Sophia, and latest vacancies
- Future free webinars
- ICYMI: May’s blogs
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Prevention versus cure: How councils can prepare for the end of the eviction ban
As the end of the eviction ban arrives we look at what councils can do to tackle homelessness and suggest three system changes needed
New Commission on Social Security: Call for evidence
Deven Ghelani joins the new Commission on Social Security to consider the future of the social security system in the UK.
Identifying the predictors of homelessness using data
Five predictors of homelessness have been identified using administrative data held by councils. Read our new work on tackling homelessness.
One person’s journey through the welfare system
Deven Ghelani looks at one person’s journey through the welfare system and whether it has become easier for claimants to navigate.
Celebrating International Women’s Day 2021 at Policy in Practice
For International Women’s Day we interviewed the women of Policy in Practice to find out about their careers. Watch the video here.