Good morning, Westminster’s Coalition government has decided to delegate the Scottish Government (SG) power to set the cap on Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs). https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-government-offers-to-transfer-power-over-housing-payment-cap It will give the Scottish Government the flexibility to pass on more funding, from its existing block grant, to local authorities. At present each local authority must operate within a formula-based spending cap set by the…

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