UK "Welfare Reform" Will Make 40,000 More Families Homeless
Submitted on July 2, 2011
By Daniel Boffey and Toby Helm - Saturday 2 July 2011
[British Prime Minister] David Cameron has been warned by one of his most trusted cabinet ministers that his welfare policies risk making 40,000 families homeless...The extraordinary claim, in a letter to the prime minister from the office of Eric Pickles, the communities secretary, exposes deep splits at the heart of government over plans to cap benefit at £500 a week per family.
