Water bills will soar by 40% this winter yet £900 million of social tariffs is unclaimed a year. Read how data analysis is helping
Cross-party event marks 10 years of Universal Credit at the House of Lords
Ministers joined practitioners to discuss Universal Credit at 10 in an event hosted by Policy in Practice and the CSJ at the House of Lords
Policy in Practice wins with local government at Public Finance Awards 2022
Policy in Practice, along with its local government partners, won two major awards at the Public Finance Awards 2022 on 29 November and was a finalist in a third category
How to support vulnerable people through the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis
Together with RedQuadrant we discussed how to support vulnerable people through the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis in our recent webinar.
Lessons learned: our year modelling Council Tax Reduction Schemes
We share 4 trends we’ve seen from modelling 150+ council tax reduction schemes in 2019 and discuss why discount schemes will be popular in the future.
11 local authorities share their data analytics stories at our July LIFT Dashboard steering group
Innovative and successful stories of data analytics in local authorities were shared by our LIFT Dashboard clients at our recent steering group. Read more.
Aster and Homes for Haringey speak at our July Better Off Calculator steering group
Our Better Off Calculator steering group met again in July to hear about best practice from users and new developments from us. Read more.
How Curo triages support to help customers onto Universal Credit
Emma Owens, (Acting) Head of Lettings, Curo discusses how their triage approach to support sees them focusing 80% of their time on 20% of customers, and how our Better Off Calculator helps.
How frontline organisations can prepare for Universal Credit managed migration
Hear guest speakers Michelle Birley and Nadine Burns, The Guinness Group, discussing the Universal Credit managed migration pilot and how Guinness is preparing.
Using data analytics to understand child vulnerability
Haroon Chowdry, Head of Analysis, Children’s Commissioner’s Office, joined us to discuss how benefits data can help us understand child vulnerability. We shared findings from analysis we did for the CCO on the impact that welfare reforms will have.