Universal credit fuelling homelessness, say cash-strapped councils

Universal credit fuelling homelessness, say cash-strapped councils

Some 86% of councils say they are unlikely to meet their statutory duty to prevent homelessness, according to a survey by the New Local Government Network.

Thursday, 18 April 2019, Katie Coyne

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