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Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Regina Doherty, T.D., today commented on the monthly unemployment figures, which were published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) today and show that, by the end of 2018, unemployment now st...

Alchemy Technology Services in Derry~Londonderry has launched its second Assured Skills Academy offering 20 training places and a potential career path in the company. Funded by the Department for the Economy and delivered in conjunction with North W...

Coleraine company, WD Meats is offering unemployed people job opportunities, after they successfully complete a two-week Bridge to Employment training programme. In conjunction with the Department for the Economy, the meat processing company WD Meats...

Amber Rudd today confirmed 10,000 people would go through a managed migration pilot with no assurances from the Secretary of State that any changes would be made to the deeply flawed system. When questioned by the SNP MP in the House of Commons today...

The SNP has given a cautious welcome to reports today that the next stage of the controversial universal credit rollout is to be delayed.   The House of Commons was due to vote on proposals to move a further three million claimants onto the univ...

A recent Parliamentary question to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has revealed that 90,000 employment and support allowance (ESA) claims were not processed within the 10-day target Commenting on the question, Rachel Hickman, Senior Parl...

Universal Credit is a payment to help with your living costs. It’s paid monthly - or twice a month for some people in Scotland. If you already get benefits   Universal Credit will replace the following benefits: Child Tax Credit Housing Ben...

The Department of Work and Pensions have refused to reveal contents of scripts used by call centre staff who deal with benefits claimants despite an official request from an MP. Labour’s Danielle Rowley asked for the information after being told call...

Eight hundred thousand government workers’ lives have been thrown into disarray by the shutdown, with 380,000 workers on furlough and 420,000 who have worked without pay since December 22. The American Federation of Government Employees, or AFGE...

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