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What to make of Labour’s attack on the Social Fund?

Do James Purnell and Kitty Ussher read consultation documents before they get sent out? I ask because of Labour’s proposals to start charging interest rates of up to 27% on loans from the Social Fund, which currently makes interest-free loans to individuals on benefits who urgently need money to buy large items such as cookers and beds. …

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  • Rif Winfield
    Yes, thanks for an excellent contribution, Vince. We do need to have a detailed discussion about the best way to provide social housing. Those of us with long m...
  • Callum Robertson
    I do always appreciate it when a member of the House of Lords who sits in the helpful category of being exempt from tax from their lords allowance feels the nee...
  • Callum Robertson
    Jana - with all the best will in the world, there are not exactly masses of jobs available for young people....
  • Peter Hirst
    Hope does not come just from economic prosperity. The north enjoys wild spaces and mountains where you can walk all day with hardly seeing a soul. It has many v...
  • Neil Sandison
    As a long serving town Councillor i am seeing a growing number of families locked in private rented accomedation with little or no real recreational space and ...