Policy in Practice’s third Leading Lights Network event was sponsored by Lord Bird, founder of the Big Issue, and held at the House of Lords. The theme was preventing vulnerability, with a particular focus on the Homelessness Reduction Act. Read this summary of what was discussed.
Lord Bird’s Creditworthiness Assessment Bill can help prevent vulnerability
Policy in Practice supports Lord Bird’s Creditworthiness Assessment Bill and its potential to tackle financial vulnerability. Councils can do more to prevent homelessness using their own data and, on 17 July, our next Leading Lights Network event at the House of Lords will hear how.
Leading Lights discuss Universal Credit rollout at the House of Lords
A briefing paper for DWP giving ideas from the frontline on how to improve Universal Credit rollout is the output from our latest Leading Lights network.
Policy in Practice hosts local government Leading Lights at the House of Lords
Leading Lights from councils, housing associations and welfare to work providers discussed welfare reform policy and its delivery at the House of Lords recently.
Protecting Universal Credit work allowances is critical to the welfare reform agenda
We briefed Lord Kirkwood in support of the repeal of Universal Credit work allowances proposed amendment to the Welfare Reform and Work Bill. Read our analysis.
Our tax credit analysis makes front page news
Our tax credit analysis, published on the day the House of Lords were debating the proposals, created a lot of news. Read all the collated coverage here.