The London Borough of Brent is to hand one-off payments of £6,500 to around 150 large families on benefits to move out of the area.
The move is billed as part of a £1m ‘New Start’ scheme intended to help those most hit by welfare cuts.
Here Judith Barnes, partner & head of local government at international law firm DAC Beachcroft LLP, reacts to the news:
This looks like the sign of things to come. Local authorities, particularly those in London, have been adopting ...
