Policy in Practice estimates that total unclaimed income related benefits and social tariffs in the UK is now £23 billion, more than 2023
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March 2024 newsletter
Top stories
- Spring Budget 2024: Marginal tax rates improved for low earners and families but more to do
- Back to work? How a tougher conditionality regime risks moving people away from employment
- Household Support Fund: can we make HSF5 the best round yet?
- Policy in Practice takes centre stage in March media coverage
Also in this issue:
- Interview and media requests
- House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee report notes Policy in Practice’s advocacy and campaigning
- Policy in Practice joins forces with the British Gas Energy Trust
- Closing the unclaimed support gap
- A big welcome to our newest LIFT and Better Off Calculator clients
- A huge congratulations to our valued clients on their retirement
- Another successful LIFT Community workshop
- Register: Data driven success: from tackling homelessness to unlocking £1m income and unlocking £1m income and recovering over £550k of debt
- Webinar replay: Modelling council tax support schemes: automation, banding, generosity and beyond
- Webinar replay: How East Riding of Yorkshire Council grew the income of 15,700 households by £13m
- We were out and about in March
- Blogs you may have missed
- Jobs at Policy in Practice
Latest blog posts
Why people don’t claim benefits and support they are eligible for
With updated numbers for unclaimed benefits for 2024 coming soon we look at the reasons why people don’t claim support they’re eligible for
Household Support Fund: can we make HSF5 the best round yet?
New HSF money worth £500 million was announced in the Spring Budget. We look at the impact of HSF and advise how councils can spend HSF5
Back to work? How a tougher conditionality regime risks moving people away from employment
We look at past policies on economic inactivity to see if new policies will increase UC claims from people who are expected to look for work
Spring Budget 2024: Marginal tax rates improved for low earners and families but more to do
SB24: We look at marginal tax rates and find that the Chancellor should have abolished the High Income Child Benefit Charge altogether
We can do better: Women, welfare and the gender benefits gap
Despite women making up the majority of benefit claimants the gender benefits gap is startling. We reveal ten key though provoking numbers