Welfare
Emmaus campaign to protect homeless shelters from closure
Emmaus, the homeless charity that works, is launching a petition today to keep night shelters across the UK open. Many night shelters are at risk of closure due to the loss of housing benefit income. This follows a legal ruling in Wales that denied housing benefit to an individual staying in a night shelter, […]
Government plans to withdraw housing benefit from under-25s
Housing charities and campaign groups have been outraged by an idea floated by Downing Street to strip housing benefits from under-25s and make them move in with “mum and dad” as a way to “make work pay” and save the UK from growing welfare expenditure. The proposal – which was floated by No 10 earlier […]