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LHA freeze
as reported here https://www.rightsnet.org.uk/welfare-rights/news/item/government-says-it-is-right-to-freeze-local-housing-allowances-as-rents-are-potentially-going-down
“The decision made last year was to increase to the 30th percentile in cash terms - that is around £1 billion of welfare support that has been added. On consideration, we felt it was right to continue the cash freeze as we recognise that around the country we are seeing rents potentially going down, although I recognise that in some places they may continue to rise. Overall, people have certainty in the amount of cash that they have. It is certainly not going back but about making sure that this is a permanent change and was not just a temporary one.”
That appears to suggest that LHA is now frozen in cash terms in perpetuity. Am I being particularly negative or can someone put a more constructive spin on this?
The Work and Pensions Secretary said last week that: “The assumption in the forecast is that rates will remain at these levels in future years, subject to the Secretary of State reviewing annually in the usual way.”
“On consideration, we felt it was right to continue the cash freeze as we recognise that around the country we are seeing rents potentially going down,..”
Clown College still alive & kicking then!
‘... although I recognise that in some places they may continue to rise ...’
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There’s none so deaf as those who will not hear (or in this case wear earplugs). It really is very depressing.