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housing benefit
Westminster Spending Over £2m On Hotels For Homeless Families
Cuts and housing shortage means bill is more than housing benefit.
London’s Income Inequality By Borough
How divided is your borough?
Inner London Feels Effect Of Housing Benefit Cap
Outer boroughs left to deal with increase in lower income residents.
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Mayor Lobbies For London Housing Benefit Exemptions
Photo by roboxley from the Londonist Flickr pool Boris Johnson and 12 Tory MPs for London are pressing for exemptions to housing benefit caps. In the wake of news that up to 82,000 households could lose their homes in the capital, the Mayor and parliamentarians …
Apprentice Star Fired After False Benefit Claims
Loughton resident Tre Azam came third in the 2007 series of the Apprentice. His success is now no surprise – this week he was revealed as being partial to a bit of extra-curricular ‘entrepreneurship’. In court Tre has been convicted of falsely claiming benefits due …
