The ballooning expenditure has been labelled a critical danger to the financial stability of councils, who made a plea for more support as Chancellor Jeremy Hunt prepares to announce details of his Spring Budget on March 6.
We're urging ministers to boost funding support for boroughs grappling with a worsening homelessness crisis. Ending the unfair cap on housing benefit subsidy rates for temporary accommodation would relieve much of the pressure on boroughs' resources.
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