Housing Benefit Bill Rises By £1.3bn

Housing benefit spending by councils rose to £18.5bn between 2009/10 and 2010/11. The government’s local authority revenue expenditure and financing figures, published at the end of August, showed housing benefit spending grew by £1.3bn in that time. Housing benefit spending increased by 7.2 per cent, the largest rise of the spending areas measured by the report. Read more on Inside Housing.