They were particularly supportive of the coalition's welfare reform proposals,
including changes to housing benefit.
Not exact matches
These issues
included a potential that the plan would cost more money than it saved and increase homelessness by 20,000 on top of the 20,000 already anticipated due
to other
changes to housing benefit.
As we showed immediately after the Budget, the Chancellor's claim that the spending
changes he announced were «progressive» has always been contentious — significantly the Treasury's modelling did not
include a third of social security
changes,
including cuts
to Housing Benefit and Disability Living Allowance, and only
changes up until 2012/13 were considered.
Proposed
changes to a property - tax break called 421 - a — most notably a requirement that all developers
include affordable
housing in new projects receiving the
benefit — would not stifle construction activity in New York City, according
to a study released today.
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.
The
changes, which go into effect in September,
include some restrictions but will help
to ease a
housing shortage as well as
benefit homeowners, according
to advocates.
The American Bar Association's
House of Delegates made 2012
changes in Comment 8 on Rule of Professional Conduct 1.1 (Competency) stating that «
to maintain the requisite knowledge and skill» a lawyer «should keep abreast of
changes in the law and its practice,
including the
benefits and risks associated with relevant technology...» This means simply that lawyers with obsolete technology — or obsolete attitudes — should beware.