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Housing report voted most influential of 2020
Posted on Friday 15 January 2021
A groundbreaking report on the Private Rented Sector written by Dr Julie Rugg from the Centre of Housing Policy in collaboration with Cambridge House receives national accolade.
Department for Education publishes research evaluations
Posted on Wednesday 13 January 2021
The Child Welfare Research Group has evaluations published for the Children's Social Care Innovation Programme funded by the Department for Education.
One million COVID-19 Universal Credit claimants have deductions from benefits, study shows
Posted on Tuesday 12 January 2021
Around one million people who claimed benefits during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic are having money regularly deducted from their payments, according to analysis by the University of York.
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SPSW experts in national debate:
- Dr Ruth Patrick - Covid Realities: Parents and carers living on low incomes during the pandemic
- Jo Dixon - Children's Social Care Innovation Programme: improving services for vulnerable children, young people and families
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