Household Support Fund extended – but councils still face a “cliff edge”
Jeremy Hunt gave the emergency support scheme a stay of execution, but its future remains in doubt.
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Samir Jeraj
Samir Jeraj is a policy correspondent at the New Statesman. He writes on topics including cybersecurity, energy and climate change, and housing and is the co-author of The Rent Trap.
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