An on-line portal passing benefit related rent payments
direct to PRS landlords won’t be live until Summer at the earliest. Richard
d’Souza, Head of the DWP Universal Credit Engagement Division, told the London
Assembly Housing Committee that the system was being built to go on line by
Summer. Testimony to the committee reinforced the links between welfare reform,
rent arrears and rocketing eviction rates. Landlords have accumulated up to
£15,000 of arrears as a result of reform – with arrears a key factor in driving
landlords away from buy-to-let. Read more on 24housing.
30% of Britons think Burnham would do better job than Starmer as prime
minister, poll suggests – UK politics live
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The YouGov poll also suggests that almost half of Britons think it would be
good for the country if Starmer were replaced
As *Dave Burke* reports for the...
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