councils sent back unspent money meant to keep benefit cap victims from eviction.

Residents of Merthyr Tydfil, Anglesey, and Rhondda Cynon Taf in Wales have reason to be angry after their councillors sent back unspent money meant to keep benefit cap victims from eviction.

Merthyr Council handed back £40,000 – 19.2 per cent of its allocation – but denied funds to 231 applicants for Discretionary Housing Payments. That’s more than one-third of the total (668).

Three councils have been criticised for handing back money intended for people who are struggling to pay their rent.

https://voxpoliticalonline.com/2018/04/03/fears-of-evictions-as-councils-return-money-to-help-benefit-cap-victims-with-rent/