The Winter Fuel Payment debate illustrates long-standing policy conundrum

September 06, 2024 – Phil Agulnik

Is there another way of targeting the Winter Fuel Payment using an existing administrative process, our Director, Dr Phil Agulnik, asks in his latest blog?

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How smoothly is the Move to UC campaign going?

August 14, 2024 – Wendy Alcock Phil Agulnik

As the DWP releases its latest Move to Universal Credit statistics, it's worrying to see around a third of people are still failing to make the move. In our latest blog we dig into what else the data tells us. Or more importantly, doesn't tell us.

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Council Tax Reduction schemes in England 2024/25

May 15, 2024 – Karen Holmes

Our 2024 review of the Council Tax Reduction (CTR) schemes in England looks at the changes local authorities have made to their CTR schemes for 2024/25, as well as the extent to which LAs are helping to shield low-income claimants from the full effect of rising bills this year. Read our blog for a summary of our findings and access the full report for further detail.

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