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- DWP Plan To Bulk 'Spy' Into Bank Accounts In a Challenge to Civil Liberties People use the system to 'grass up' people they have fallen out with. > MORE INFO
- Virtual Reality For Disabled People - Some Tips and Hints This is an interesting article. Well worth reading. It shows the battles some have just to get along. Super… > MORE INFO
- Trick or A Tasty Treat? Foodhub Is Offering A Scarily Good Deal This Halloween I am feeling hungry already. > MORE INFO
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> MORE INFODWP Plan To Bulk 'Spy' Into Bank Accounts In a Challenge to Civil Liberties
DWP - The Department for Work and Pensions want to find out if claimants are ... -
> MORE INFOHousing, Communities and Local Government Committee
PARLIAMENT - Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has issued a... -
> MORE INFOCitibank Suggests Unemployment Could Hit 8.5% In the First Half Of 2021
UNEMPLOYMENT - New analysis from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has... -
> MORE INFOVirtual Reality For Disabled People - Some Tips and Hints
DISABILITY - We have had this wonderful article sent in by Sienna Fisher. It expla...
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> MORE INFOYouth Unemployment May Rise To 100,000 In Scotland
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT - Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has warned that youth... -
> MORE INFO90,000 Vulnerable Pensioners in Scotland Will Automatically Receive £140 Off Their Fuel Bills
ENERGY ASSISTANCE - More than 90,000 vulnerable pensioners in Scotland will r... -
> MORE INFONight Shelters to Be Phased Out In Scotland
HOMELESSNESS - Scottish governments renewed commitment to ending homelessness... -
> MORE INFOChallenge Poverty Week 2020 Underway
SCOTLAND - Challenge Poverty Week is underway in Scotland. There is still time to ...
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> MORE INFOIsolating Welsh Pupils to Get School Dinners Confirms Education Minister Kirsty Williams
SCHOOL DINNERS - The Welsh Government will ensure all pupils entitled to free... -
> MORE INFOIntroduction Of 50p Minimum Unit Price for Alcohol Approved In Assembly Vote
HEALTH - The Public Health (Minimum Price for Alcohol) (Wales) Act 2018 will mean ... -
> MORE INFOWASPI Women Could Shift Election Outcome
WASPI WOMEN - 195,100 women in Wales will be offered a pay-out of up to £31,0... -
> MORE INFOTories Refuse To Sack Candidate Who Said People On Benefits Street Should Be 'Put Down'
CONTEMPT CLAIM - The Tories are accused of "contempt" for the poor after refusing ...
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> MORE INFONorthern Ireland Economy Minister Diane Dodds Announces 3,000 Funded Online Training Places
TRAINING - Economy Minister Diane Dodds today announced 3,000 free online tra... -
> MORE INFOEconomy Minister Diane Dodds Today Announced A New Assured Skills Academy with PwC Offering 20 High Quality Training Places For People With Degrees
TRAINING - The Assured Skills Academy, focussing on Future Business Skills, w... -
> MORE INFONorthern Ireland Minister Encourages People Not to Miss Out On Claiming Pension Credit
PENSION CREDIT - Communities Minister Carál Ní Chuilín is encouraging people to ma... -
> MORE INFONorthern Ireland Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings
WORK DATA - The ASHE is a UK wide survey that provides data on hourly, weekly...
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> MORE INFOInternational Labour Organisation Welcomes G20 Commitment to Inclusive, Employment-Focused Recovery From COVID-19 Crisis
GENEVA (ILO News) – ILO Director-General Guy Ryder has welcomed the commitment of ... -
> MORE INFOThe Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill 2019-21
BREXIT - At the ABC we are working to find out more about what might happen in the... -
> MORE INFOInternational Day of Awareness of Food Water Announced for September 29th
FOOD WASTE - One for the diary - date, September 29th. The United Nations General... -
> MORE INFOIrish Housing Protest Saturday August 15th Dublin's Iconic Customs House
PROTEST - Irish housing activists are building for the protest at 2 pm Saturday at...
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