MP and law centre speak out on suffering caused by bungled Concentrix tax credits contract
Child Poverty Action Group also adds its voice to chorus of criticism of HM Revenue and Customs’ flawed outsourcing arrangement
Child Poverty Action Group
New benefits cap will ‘damage life chances of over 3,000 Hackney children’
Borough will be one of the worst affected areas in the UK, according to new government figures
Benefits claimants face spike in ‘aggressive and intimidating’ bailiffs over unpaid council tax
New figures show council using greater number of enforcement agents to recover debt from residents already on council tax support
Scrapping poverty targets will make children ‘invisible’, charity warns
Department for Work and Pensions plans to stop measuring child hardship in favour of measures tackling ‘root causes’
Bailiffs come knocking for 1,000 residents to recover council tax
Report finds that thousands in Hackney can’t afford council tax payments