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Councils fear loss of influence under welfare reforms

Local authorities fear their role in protecting tenancies and managing local housing markets could be lost in the migration of Housing Benefit (HB) into the coalition’s flagship Universal Credit (UC) welfare reforms.

By MJ reporter | 07 August 2013

Local authorities fear their role in protecting tenancies and managing local housing markets could be lost in the migration of Housing Benefit (HB) into the coalition's flagship Universal Credit (UC) welfare reforms.

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