The Government has announced it is to review its plans to pay housing benefit direct to tenants under the new Universal Credit system. Welfare Reform Minister Lord David Freud has informed peers that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is to commission a review "to evaluate the effects of direct payments to claimants" in the six demonstration project areas which are due to be announced by the end of the year. Responding to the announcement, Alan Ward, Chairman of the Residential Landlords Association said: “Given its commitment to personal responsibility it seems remarkable that the Government has so far denied tenants the ability to choose how their housing benefit is paid.” Read more on 24dash.
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