Spending Round 2019: full coverage
Following today’s Spending Round presented by Sajid Javid, here is all of our coverage available in one place
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Spending Round 2019: full coverage #ukhousing- Javid’s ‘total commitment’ to social housing appears to have waned: Sajid Javid’s first major fiscal event as chancellor was a worrying sign that housing is dropping down the priority list. That’s not what many expected on his appointment, writes Peter Apps
- Javid announces £2.7m increase to MHCLG budget: Chancellor Sajid Javid has announced a 2.7% increase in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s budget
- Javid has declared the end of austerity – but not for those who live in social housing: A thin spending round told us little we didn’t know, but those in need of good news on the housing crisis will be left waiting, writes Jules Birch
- Government injects £40m into DHPs but is silent on LHA rates: An extra £40m in housing cost top-ups for private renters has been unveiled as part of today’s Spending Round, but no announcement has been made on future benefit levels
- Javid unveils £54m for homelessness: Sajid Javid has announced £54m of new funding for homelessness and rough sleeping at the Spending Round today
- Sector figures call for LHA changes and council funding boost in Spending Round: Leading housing figures have called on the government to use tomorrow’s Spending Round to bring in wide-scale changes to help local authorities and housing associations to combat the housing crisis
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