Trust for London Newsletter 2014

 

June 2014 Newsletter Research   Housing benefit: London households lose almost £7 per week more than average UK household A new report by Child Poverty Action Group reveals that the capital has been hard hit by changes to the benefits system. The report was funded by the Trust.   Read more   Lower Local Housing Allowance rates do nothing to improve incentives to enter paid work A report by the New Policy Institute explores the impact of changes to Local Housing Allowance (LHA) introduced by this government, within the context of London's higher housing costs. Read more   54% of Londoners think immigration is good for the economy This is compared with 28% of people around the rest of the country. The findings are in the latest British Social Attitudes Survey. The migration module of the survey was funded by the Trust. Read more   Victims of modern day slavery still experience significant barriers to accessing justice in UK This is according to Access to Justice for Victims of Trafficking – a working paper by Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX). The paper was funded by the Barrow Cadbury Trust. We funded strategic work on Modern Day Slavery from 2007-2010 and are currently funding FLEX to do policy work and capacity building in the voluntary sector, in relation to trafficking.   Read more   Blog: People in drug and alcohol treatment are being failed at the final hurdle Paul Anders, Senior Policy Officer at DrugScope shares the findings of the new Pathways to Employment report by the London Drug and Alcohol Network. The report was funded by the Trust. Read more   Funding   New funding to increase employment amongst young black men The Trust is pleased to announce this new initiative which aims to tackle rates of unemployment amongst young black men – a group that has higher unemployment rates than all other groups of young people.   If you would like to learn more about this Initiative then you can come to a meeting on 9th July.   Read more   Next SLF grants deadline is 7th July Visit the strategic legal fund for vulnerable young migrants for more details. Read more   News   1 million people could be lifted out of low pay by 2020 This is a finding from the final report of the Living Wage Commission which was covered extensively in the news this week. The Trust welcomes the report which draws on evidence funded as part of our strategic work on the Living Wage. Read more   © 2014 Trust for London - Contact us @trustforlondon