0 in the UK, money paid by the government to help people who are poor pay for a place to live in --
1 in the UK, money paid by the government to help people who are on a low income pay for a place to live in: --
The second problem is the overlap between the working families tax credit and housing benefit.
At present, local authorities can deal only with claims for housing benefit and council tax benefit.
Secondly, the new clause would minimise the absurd overlap with housing benefit.
The local authority identified people who, from its housing benefit records, looked as though they were entitled to income support but were not receiving it.
That can mean that some asylum seekers pay above the level of the housing benefit that they receive.
We have also included housing benefit and council tax benefit in the new work-focused single gateway pilots.
We have already improved the earnings disregard in housing benefit and community charge benefit.
I turn next to the income-related benefits—income support, housing benefit and community charge benefit.
