Ministers are to bow to pressure to exclude homeless
families from universal credit after it emerged that design flaws in the
troubled new benefits system have triggered an explosion in rent arrears,
costing council tax payers millions of pounds. Local authorities in London say
rent collection levels for homeless tenants placed in emergency accommodation
have collapsed following the introduction of the universal credit digital
service last year. Croydon council says it faces an unpaid £2.5m rent bill this
year as a result, and has warned ministers this scale of losses is
unsustainable. It said the costs were leaving councils potentially unable to
meet their statutory duties under homelessness law. Read more on the Guardian
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