THE government should curb moves to pay housing benefit direct to unemployed tenants instead of to landlords as part of a plan to prevent further poverty, Scotland's national charities body has said.
The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is concerned the move to Universal Credit from October 2013 will plunge even more Scots into poverty, and has come up with a package of measures design to mitigate what it says will be devastating effects.
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