Reading seeks data analytics tool to assess impact of welfare reform on low-income households

Reading Borough Council is looking to deploy data analytics to help “drive strategic and operational decisions in the provision of a range of welfare services”.

The authority is seeking to make use of a web-based analytics platform that allows staff to examine data held by the council to try and better understand how welfare reforms are impacting individual households in the Berkshire town. Reading is looking for a tool that will allow it to “track the changing circumstances of low-income households to check the effectiveness of interventions, policy changes and socio-economic factors”.

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