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New figures reveal £6 billion of unpaid council tax as lockdown and cost of living bites

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has already warned she faces ‘difficult decisions’ to fill a £22 billion black hole in Britain’s public finances

The Independent UK

Poorer couples 'should have weddings paid for by state', says think tank

The Centre for Social Justice says the government should pay up to £550 towards the wedding costs of lower income couples to combat loneliness

Evening Standard

£7 billion cost of London’s violent crime surge amid ‘cycle of fear’

A quarter of those living in the capital have been attacked or threatened with violence, according to survey

Evening Standard

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Calls to end ‘persecution’ of carers over UK benefits rule breaches

Thinktank calls punishments ‘cruel and nonsensical’ and says government should accept blame

The Guardian - UK

One in three parents believe the pandemic showed children do not need to go to school every day – do you agree?

Only 70% are confident that their child's needs are being met when they're in school too, and this decreases to 61% for secondary school students.

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Lockdowns had ‘catastrophic effect’ on nation’s social fabric, report says

The most disadvantaged are no better off now than at the time of the financial crash, a new report says

Evening Standard

UK government’s ‘Get Active’ plan fails to match rival report’s vision

The CSJ’s strategy for sport and physical activity simmers with possibilities absent from the government’s scheme

The Guardian - UK

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Charity set up by pharma entrepreneur Dr Nik Kotecha OBE helping highlight issue of ex-prisoners finding work

Of 50,000 people leaving prison each year but just 30% have a job six months later – with many at risk of reoffending

Birmingham Post

Dispute over Emiliano Sala’s transfer to Cardiff to be resolved in French courts

The 28-year-old Argentinian died in a plane crash in the English Channel in January 2019.

The Independent UK

Jess Phillips and Iain Duncan Smith lead calls to criminalise ‘cuckooing’

Practice of taking over people’s homes should be included in an overhaul of the Modern Slavery Act, say MPs

The Guardian - UK

Quarter of a million children enter secondary school without basic maths and English

Government set to fail target of 90% of children reaching set standard at age 11, research finds

The Guardian - UK

Michelle Mone’s husband in row over charity donations to firm run by ex-Tory leader IDS

Charity bankrolled by Doug Barrowman donated nearly £500,000 to Centre for Social Justice, co-founded by Iain Duncan Smith.

Daily Record

Bristol planning practice acquired by national property firm

CSJ has been bought by Rapleys as it seeks to bolster its planning division in the South West

Birmingham Post

DWP Universal Credit emergency cash boost worth £700 proposed for June

The cost of living crisis is continuing to worsen for households across Scotland and the UK — and the energy price cap is set to soar by more than £800 in October

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Daily Record

Iain Duncan Smith calls for DWP benefits to rise by £729 in line with inflation

The proposal would see claimants receive an average of £729 extra over the coming year and first uplift by end of next month.

Wales Online

Chancellor told to make £729 payment in June for people on Universal Credit

Experts also want an increase in how much people on Universal Credit can earn

Manchester Evening News

Calls for struggling Universal Credit claimants to be given £700 emergency cash boost amid cost of living crisis

Former Conservatives leader Iain Duncan Smith has called for benefits to be increased in line with inflation to help Brits struggling amid cost-of-living crisis

Liverpool Echo

Emergency DWP cash boost of £700 proposed from end of June for people on Universal Credit

Three options are being discussed, the other two being increasing work allowances back to their 2015 levels or bringing back a £20 a week uplift

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Nottingham Post

DWP Universal Credit claimants could get £700 emergency cash boost from end of June

The move would mean 4.2 million households would gain an average of £729 a year

Chronicle Live

DWP emergency £700 cash boost proposed from end of June for those on Universal Credit

Other options put forward include bringing back the £20-a-week uplift paid during the pandemic

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson believes help for families would 'shovel cash to appease bleeding hearts'

Boris Johnson is reportedly resisting the idea of spending a windfall tax on energy firms on giving immediate help to families with the cost of living crisis, because it would be "here today and gone tomorrow"

The Guardian - UK

Iain Duncan Smith calls for benefits to rise in line with inflation

Tory MP says immediate increase in universal credit would provide ‘shield’ against cost of living crisis

The Independent UK

Iain Duncan Smith calls for benefits to be boosted in line with inflation

The former Tory leader said a raise in benefits would provide a ‘shield’ against the sting of mounting living costs

Daily Mirror

Loan sharks seen lurking at DWP office as they target victims facing higher bills

Up to a million people are turning to illegal money lenders to pay bills, despite sky-high interest rates. Three-quarters of victims are on benefits. Ten years ago 300,000 used loan sharks

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