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• One of Croydon's job centre's is set to close - Croydon Advertiser

  27-01-2017 18:45 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  In a plan to save £180 million a year, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced it intends to close a number of job centres across the UK - including one in Croydon. More than one in 10 job centres across the UK are set to close, with ...and more »
  
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• Met reveals weird and wonderful items stolen from police stations in south London

  27-01-2017 18:29 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Incapacitating riot control gas, alcoholic beverages, uniform and even ‘walls’ were among property stolen from police stations in south London last year.
  
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• Croydon rabbit hotel could face closure due to lack of funds - Croydon Advertiser

  27-01-2017 18:16 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  Croydon rabbit hotel could face closure due to lack of funds
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  A Coulsdon animal lover who opened her own rabbit hotel has spent more than £30,000 of her own money on the business – but it now faces closure as she has nearly run out of money. Sarah MacRonald, 37, opened Croydon's first rabbit-only boarding ...
  
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• One of Croydon's job centre's is set to close

  27-01-2017 17:41 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  In a plan to save £180 million a year, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced it intends to close a number of job centres across the UK - including one in Croydon.More than one in 10 job centres across the UK are set to close, with 750 jobs set to be cut. In an announcement yesterday (Thursday, January 26) the DWP said it wanted to merge staff and facilities at 78 smaller Jobcentre Plus offices into larger ones. The news sees job centres in Croydon and Sutton facing...
  
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• Croydon rabbit hotel could face closure due to lack of funds

  27-01-2017 17:33 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A Coulsdon animal lover who opened her own rabbit hotel has spent more than £30,000 of her own money on the business – but it now faces closure as she has nearly run out of money. Sarah MacRonald, 37, opened Croydon's first rabbit-only boarding service, called Celeb Bunnies, in April 2013 and set up a rabbit bonding service soon after. The hotel, on Portnalls Road, has looked after and bonded more than 100 rabbits. She also takes in rescued, abandoned or unwanted rabbits. Ms...
  
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• Live updates - Car crashes after 'police chase' through Crystal Palace - Croydon Advertiser

  27-01-2017 17:16 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Live updates - Car crashes after 'police chase' through Crystal Palace
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  There are reports that a car has crashed after being involved in a police chase through Crystal Palace this afternoon. A black car is understood to have crashed outside the Tamnag Thai restaurant on Westow Hill at about 3.30pm. The car is believed to ...and more »
  
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• Live updates - Car crashes after 'police chase' through Crystal ... - Croydon Advertiser

  27-01-2017 17:16 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  There are reports that a car has crashed after being involved in a police chase through Crystal Palace this afternoon. A black car is understood to have crashed ...and more »
  
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• Mum and her three children almost hit by car 'involved in police...

  27-01-2017 17:07 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A mum with her three children were just metres away from being hit by a car believed to be involved in a police chase in Crystal Palace. Pictures from the scene show a black car facing the opposite direction to the flow of traffic on Westow Hill, inches away from the window of Tamnag Thai. It had narrowly missed the lamppost but had smashed into a bin.
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• RECAP - Car crashes after 'police chase' through Crystal Palace

  27-01-2017 16:41 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  There are reports that a car has crashed after being involved in a police chase through Crystal Palace this afternoon. A black car is understood to have crashed outside the Tamnag Thai restaurant on Westow Hill at about 3.30pm. The car is believed to have crashed into a lamppost and the people inside the vehicle are alleged to have run off from the scene. One eyewitness has told the Advertiser that four men were seen getting out of the car and allegedly running off in different...
  
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• Live updates - Car crashes after 'police chase' through Crystal...

  27-01-2017 16:41 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  There are reports that a car has crashed after being involved in a police chase through Crystal Palace this afternoon. A black car is understood to have crashed outside the Tamnag Thai restaurant on Westow Hill at about 3.30pm. The car is believed to have crashed into a lamppost and the people inside the vehicle are alleged to have run off from the scene. One eyewitness has told the Advertiser that four men were seen getting out of the car and allegedly running off in different...
  
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• Review: Turtle Bay opens in the old Tiger Tiger spot

  27-01-2017 16:17 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Turtle Bay, the national chain of Caribbean-esque restaurants, will fling its doors open in Croydon for the first time on Sunday in the old Tiger Tiger spot.
  
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• A pop-up enterprise in Croydon is selling furniture and coffee-grown mushrooms - Croydon Advertiser

  27-01-2017 15:57 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  A pop-up enterprise in Croydon is selling furniture and coffee-grown mushrooms
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  A new pop-up enterprise will offer 'upcycled' furniture and mushroom growing starter kits when it opens to the public next Friday. The Croydon Reuse Organisation (CRO), a not-for-profit group, has helped more than 20 young people not in education or ...
  
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• Public warned not to approach 'violent' wanted man on the run...

  27-01-2017 15:41 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police hunting for a man wanted on suspicion of crimes in Croydon, Sutton and other parts of south London have revealed he remains on the run after he made off from police in Croydon.Earlier this week, Merton Police issued a "most wanted alert" and published a photo of Alexander Mickelle as they attempt to track him down and arrest him on suspicion of committing a series of crimes - including assault, robbery and theft of a vehicle.Metropolitan Police (Met) have revealed Mickelle...
  
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• A pop-up enterprise in Croydon is selling furniture and...

  27-01-2017 15:35 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A new pop-up enterprise will offer 'upcycled' furniture and mushroom growing starter kits when it opens to the public next Friday.The Croydon Reuse Organisation (CRO), a not-for-profit group, has helped more than 20 young people not in education or employment to take part in 40 furniture building projects - making items including tables, chairs, benches and chests of drawers.The pop-up, which also grows Cr'Oyster mushrooms from used coffee grounds and are named after the borough, will launch at.
  
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• Going shopping this weekend? Here's how to haggle on the high street and get a lower price

  27-01-2017 15:22 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  With rising living costs expected to add to the strain on people's budgets in the coming months, 2017 may be a year when brushing up on your bargaining skills becomes particularly important.
  
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• Council saves 'failing' South Croydon pub from demolition - Croydon Advertiser

  27-01-2017 15:15 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  Council saves 'failing' South Croydon pub from demolition
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  A South Croydon pub has been saved from demolition, after a planning application to turn the building into nine new homes was rejected by the council's planning committee. Ten councillors unanimously refused a proposal to convert the Stag and Hounds ...
  
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• 40 years and over £20 billion to replace 150-year-old London pipes, claims Thames Water

  27-01-2017 14:25 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  It would take around 40 years and cost over £20 billion to replace over 150-year-old cast iron pipes across London, according to Thames Water.
  
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• Police hunt 'violent' man wanted across south-west London

  27-01-2017 13:40 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A ‘violent’ man who is wanted for robbery, theft, burglary and assault is being hunted by police across south-west London.
  
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• Commuter jailed for ten years for "savage and frightening" beating over train row

  27-01-2017 13:36 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A rail commuter has been jailed for 10 years for a “savage and frightening” beating of a fellow passenger, leaving him with a fractured skull and a brain haemorrhage.
  
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• Commuter jailed for 10 years for 'savage and frightening' beating in train row

  27-01-2017 13:36 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A rail commuter has been jailed for 10 years for a “savage and frightening” beating of a fellow passenger, leaving him with a fractured skull and a brain haemorrhage.
  
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• Home Office tech boss pledges to help small tech businesses in Croydon - Croydon Advertiser

  27-01-2017 13:11 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  Home Office tech boss pledges to help small tech businesses in Croydon
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  A chief technology officer in the Government has pledged to help small tech businesses in the borough as the Home Office staff base grows in Croydon this year. Sarah Wilkinson is bringing 1,500 of her staff from Westminster to work at the bases at ...
  
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• ‘We need answers’: Mother makes emotional plea to find young father's killer

  27-01-2017 13:00 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  ‘More answers are needed’ a mother has said during a heartfelt plea to find her son's killer after he was shot and later died on his daughter’s birthday.
  
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• Jailed: Savage thug who brutally assaulted commuter on packed ... - Evening Standard

  27-01-2017 12:45 via standard.co.uk
  
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  A “savage” thug who brutally attacked a fellow commuter on a packed train into London has been jailed for 10 years. Joe Montgomery, 29, launched the "horrific" ...
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• Jailed: Savage thug who brutally assaulted commuter on packed East Croydon train in bag row - Evening Standard

  27-01-2017 12:45 via standard.co.uk
  
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  Jailed: Savage thug who brutally assaulted commuter on packed East Croydon train in bag row
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  A “savage” thug who brutally attacked a fellow commuter on a packed train into London has been jailed for 10 years. Joe Montgomery, 29, launched the "horrific" assault after getting into a petty argument over alleged bag pushing. He began arguing with ...
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• Croydon NHS formula row could cost families £112 per week - BBC News

  27-01-2017 12:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Croydon NHS formula row could cost families £112 per week
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  Parents of babies with milk and soya allergies could face charges of up to £112 per week to feed their children in London, it has been claimed. Croydon NHS managers have decided to withdraw NHS prescriptions for formula feed to help reduce budget ...
  
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• Prison sentence for 'savage' who attacked man on train leaving...

  27-01-2017 12:23 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A "savage" thug who violently attacked a fellow commuter who boarded the train with him at East Croydon station and left him with life-changing injuries, has been given a 10-year prison sentence.Joe Montgomery, 29, of Cargreen Road in South Norwood,was found guilty at Croydon Crown Court last Friday (January 20) of grievous bodily harm with intent, and sentenced on the same day.The incident took place on October 23, 2014. Montgomery boarded a busy train travelling from East Croydon...
  
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• Council saves 'failing' South Croydon pub from demolition

  27-01-2017 12:11 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A South Croydon pub has been saved from demolition, after a planning application to turn the building into nine new homes was rejected by the council's planning committee.Ten councillors unanimously refused a proposal to convert the Stag and Hounds pub on Selsdon Road into a new three-storey building, which would run along the corner of Selsdon Road and Cliffe Road.The proposal, which was submitted by The Turnbull Group, would have involved demolishing the pub and replacing it with seven new...
  
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• Home Office tech boss pledges to help small tech businesses in...

  27-01-2017 12:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A chief technology officer in the Government has pledged to help small tech businesses in the borough as the Home Office staff base grows in Croydon this year.Sarah Wilkinson is bringing 1,500 of her stafffrom Westminster to work at the bases at Lunar House, Apollo House and Metro Point, making Croydon the new "tech hub" for the Home Office.Last year, 1,000 of them made the move and she said it was an "absolute pleasure" to see Croydon "coming out of the ashes"...
  
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• Emergency services at West Norwood station: delays expected until midday

  27-01-2017 11:48 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Emergency services have been called to West Norwood station, with delays to trains in south London expected until 12pm. 
  
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• Council rejects plans to convert former Crystal Palace supporters...

  27-01-2017 11:41 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Councillors have overwhelming voted against plans to turn a historic South Norwood pub into seven new flats at a planning committee meeting last night (Thursday). Developers had submitted plans to convert the former Portmanor pub on Portland Road into four one-bedroom and three two-bedroom flats.But the chair of Croydon Council's planning committee, Councillor Paul Scott, slammed the application for being "poor" and criticsed the proposals for trying to squeeze too many flats into a...
  
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• Mum of Croydon man fatally shot at Thornton Heath party makes heartbreaking appeal - Croydon Advertiser

  27-01-2017 11:18 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Mum of Croydon man fatally shot at Thornton Heath party makes heartbreaking appeal
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  The mother of a Croydon dad who was fatally shot on the dancefloor at a party has made an emotional plea for further witnesses to come forward. Keeno Harris, 28, who lived in Croydon, died in hospital on November 29 following an incident at the Higher ...and more »
  
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• Mum of Croydon man fatally shot at Thornton Heath party makes ... - Croydon Advertiser

  27-01-2017 11:18 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  The mother of a Croydon dad who was fatally shot on the dancefloor at a party has made an emotional plea for further witnesses to come forward. Keeno Harris ...and more »
  
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• Parents of autistic children in Croydon have just been given some vital good news - Croydon Advertiser

  27-01-2017 10:11 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Parents of autistic children in Croydon have just been given some vital good news
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  A support network for families with autistic children in Croydon has been saved for at least another year after mounting pressure from parents and families. Family support services run by the National Autistic Society, in Croydon, which have been ...
  
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• Campaign site launched by family of young Purley man who died...

  27-01-2017 09:51 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The family of a 21-year-old man who died after being hit by a car as he walked home in Purley have set up a campaign website to build support for a change in the law to give courts the power to hand out tougher punishments to drink drivers.George Beresford was knocked over by a BMW driver, who was over the limit, as he crossed the road in Ingleboro Drive at about 1.30am on Feburary 7, 2016 - just round the corner from the family home in Buttermere Gardens.The former John Fisher student, who had.
  
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• Problems with new Universal Credit welfare system 'are putting Croydon's most vulnerable at risk' - Croydon Advertiser

  27-01-2017 09:31 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Problems with new Universal Credit welfare system 'are putting Croydon's most vulnerable at risk'
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  Delays to welfare payments under the Government's Universal Credit scheme in Croydon are putting some of the borough's most vulnerable people at risk of eviction, a Parliament committee has been told. The controversial policy was unveiled by then ...
  
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• Parents of autistic children in Croydon have just been given some...

  27-01-2017 09:31 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A support network for families with autistic children in Croydon has been saved for at least another year after mounting pressure from parents and families. Courses run by the National Autistic Society's branch in Croydon, which have been funded by the council for three years, were set to end by March 31 unless alternative funding was found.. After the concerns of parents and those who deliver the services were heard, Croydon Council has now decided to extend the funding. A statement read:...
  
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• VIDEO: Moment bungling motorbike thieves attack have-a-go hero with nunchucks in Norbury

  27-01-2017 09:25 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  This the moment a man was attacked with nunchucks by a bungling motorbike thieves before a neighbour chases them away in Norbury.
  
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• Two Men Fight Off Nunchuck-Wielding Robbers In Croydon - LBC - LBC 97.3

  27-01-2017 09:10 via lbc.co.uk
  
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  This is the amazing moment two men fought off nunchuck-wielding robbers who were trying to steal their motorbike.
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• Review: Turtle Bay opens in the old Tiger Tiger spot - Your Local Guardian

  27-01-2017 09:00 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
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• Following Fairfield Path - The Croydon Citizen

  27-01-2017 09:00 via thecroydoncitizen.com
  
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  The idea first surfaced after I'd been contemplating some old maps of Croydon for a now-forgotten purpose. Whatever that purpose was, I almost certainly did have something better to do with my time – but everyone needs a break once in a while. What ...
  
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• Mum of Croydon man fatally shot at Thornton Heath party makes...

  27-01-2017 08:42 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The mother of a Croydon dad who was fatally shot on the dancefloor at a party has made an emotional plea for further witnesses to come forward. Keeno Harris, 28, who lived in Croydon, died in hospital on November 29 following an incident at the Higher Level Function Room, in Brigstock Parade, Thornton Heath, two days previously.A memorial service for the dad-of-one will be held today (Friday, January 27). The day before the shooting he had been celebrating his daughter's birthday. Jackie Harris,
  
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• Met Office issues weather warning and says it could SNOW this...

  27-01-2017 08:30 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Commuters are being urged to take extra care this morning (Friday, January 27) as icy conditions are predictedA "be aware" yellow weather warning has been issued due to the icy patches on roads in the South East and there is even the possibility of it snowing. A mixture of light rain, sleet and some snow is expected to move across the South East this morning.READ MORE: Amazing video shows that when it snows in Croydon the bike is much quicker than the carBut the snow is not likely to...
  
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• Watch as a man is assaulted with pair of nunchucks after thieves...

  27-01-2017 08:15 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was assaulted with a pair of nunchucks after confronting two men who were trying to steal his motorbike on a Croydon street. The Met Police have released CCTV footage of the two men they would like to trace following the incident on December 10 last year. Police were called to Arnull's Road, on the border of Norbury and Upper Norwood, shortly after 1.30pm to reports of a 46-year-old man being assaulted.CCTV cameras caught the moment two suspects,...
  
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• Watch as a man is assaulted with pair of numchucks after thieves...

  27-01-2017 08:15 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was assaulted with a pair of numchucks after confronting two men who were trying to steal his motorbike on a Croydon street. The Met Police have released CCTV footage of the two men they would like to trace following the incident on December 10 last year. Police were called to Arnull's Road, on the border of Norbury and Upper Norwood, shortly after 1.30pm to reports of a 46-year-old man being assaulted.CCTV cameras caught the moment two suspects,...
  
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• Problems with new Universal Credit welfare system 'are putting...

  27-01-2017 08:01 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Delays to welfare payments under the Government's Universal Credit scheme in Croydon are putting some of the borough's most vulnerable people at risk of eviction, a Parliament committee has been told.The controversial policy was unveiled by then Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Iain Duncan Smith in 2011, with the aim of simplifying and joining up various welfare payments into one - and "incentivising" people back into work.A pilot of the scheme has been running for virtually...
  
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