'Regressive' Budget will hit poor hardest

Dunce’s cap

Charity disputes Osborne's family Budget claim

A children’s charity has dismissed the chancellor’s depiction of his Budget as being for hard working families.

Shaky start

Charity loses court benefit fight against govt

The High Court has rejected a claim brought against the government by a charity which argued that cuts to housing benefit would disproportionately hit minority families and were beyond the power of the secretary of state.

Charity calls for Budget relief for poor families

A child poverty charity has called on the chancellor to increase child tax credits and further incentivise working families as part of his Budget this week.

The big freeze

Kicking off our chief executive salaries special, Inside Housing’s annual survey reveals the economic downturn has put most pay on ice. Lydia Stockdale reports

Fielding opposition

Proposed legislation on registration of village greens would reduce risk to developers. Eollyn Ives, solicitor in the property team at Devonshires Solicitors, explains

Going spare

The government’s contentious ‘bedroom tax’ on under-occupying tenants is set to become law this month. Alex Turner looks at the disproportionate effect it’s likely to have in the north

Look closely

Don’t sign on the dotted line before checking contracts carefully for errors, says Matthew Lake

Open-door policy

Allowing private landlords to validate local housing allowance claims can help councils simplify their procedures and cut their housing waiting lists. Neil Merrick heads to Derbyshire to find out how