Wednesday, 23 May 2012

Coming in to land

16/07/2010

As the £1.67 billion Supporting People programme absorbs the first round of spending cuts, can it continue to provide a soft landing for vulnerable households? Nick Duxbury analyses the results of an exclusive survey to find out.

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