We all know that a stable and supportive home environment is a fundamental building block for a happy and productive life.
One way in which the Government could help would be through a temporary increase in the Gift Aid rate. Conservatives introduced Gift Aid in 1990, and now have the chance to enhance it.
The Armed Forces Covenant promises that service men and women will not be disadvantaged as a result of their service. To ensure this is upheld, the five-year time limit needs to be scrapped.
The Government can’t deliver economic prosperity for its electoral coalition without also meeting social challenges.
It seems everyone agrees that the time is right to finally get rid of this legislation.
Make the economic case, abolish priority need, reform the No Course to Public Funds rule, don’t end Everyone In and reform housing authorities.
Some £18 billion a year is incurred as a cost to the taxpayer as a result of reoffending.
It should build on the success of its Housing First scheme and create a National Housing First Programme.
His in-tray features: Covid, mental health, NHS reform…and social care. He’s set to be the most pressured Health Secretary since Lansley.
A report has found that empty commercial and retail buildings, owned by local authorities, could be converted into 19,500 homes.
Ultimately, we have to prevent vulnerable people from ever reaching the streets. We should seize this opportunity to work out how.
The choice facing voters on May 6 is simple: do we accelerate the progress of the last four years, or do we go back to the old failing approach?
Housing First is essential but not sufficient – if there are as many non-UK nationals sleeping on the streets post-Covid as before.
Plus: Bean bags, ping pong tables, and padded pods, in Slough’s swanky new council offices.
Across the UK, over 6,631 people were sleeping rough in September 2022. This figure is growing; the Government must act if they are to keep their commitment to end rough sleeping by 2024.