Sentences with phrase «changes to the housing benefit system»

Leeds City Council claims that recent changes to the housing benefit system has left it out of pocket.

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In social policy, the Party is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty by developing a «living wage» policy that is sufficient to allow workers to support their families; make changes to the welfare system to encourage people on social assistance to move beyond poverty, such as allowing some benefits to remain until they are firmly established in the workplace; and reviewing the housing component of Alberta Works social assistance to bring it in line with the current reality of the Alberta housing market.

Webb called the current system «a spare bedroom subsidy» for one million spare rooms and claimed the change was needed to get the housing benefit tab down.

The statistics emerged ahead of a raft of controversial changes to the benefits system which will come into force this week - including the «bedroom tax» which sees council and social housing tenants facing reductions to their benefits if they have empty rooms in their homes.

Though it's received the most media attention in the controversy that led to ex-Indiana schools chief Tony Bennett's resignation, Christel House Academy was not the only school to benefit from state officials» changes to Indiana's fledgling school grading system in 2012.

The Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs has also worked with the Attorney - General and native title stakeholders to bring about positive change in the system, with a particular focus on maximising the benefits derived from native title agreements.