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Amazon has said that it will be increasing the minimum wage for its employees in the UK and US in a move which will improve pay for over 250,000 workers. Starting from November, employees in London will receive £10.50 an hour, with those outside the...

Civil Rights campaigners the; Association of Pension & Benefits Claimants CIC, simply called the ABC for short, has asked the Shadow Deputy Education Minister Angela Rayner MP and Colchester MP Will Quince to ask Trading Standards and the HMRC Mi...

Commenting on the news today (Monday) that the government is set to ban restaurant owners from taking a share of tips from their staff, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said:        Image: TUC General Secr...

Today kicks off the 6th Annual Challenge Poverty Week.  This year looks to be the biggest yet with over 100 activities happening across Scotland, with upcycling classes and family fun days to workshops on innovative alternatives to foodbank...

Leading Scottish human rights experts and academics have urged a UN special rapporteur to consider evidence that the UK Government is continuing to breach international law as a result of its austerity and welfare reform policies. The claim...

Environment Secretary Michael Gove will use his speech to unveil ambitious plans to use unsold food from major retailers to provide meals to those in need. According to the Guardia,n last year, the group FareShare distributed 28.6 million meals...

The Social Security Administration and its Office of the Inspector General (OIG) today announced three new Cooperative Disability Investigations (CDI) Units recently opened across the country. As part of the nationwide CDI Program, the new units will...

DWP work coaches could see their workload quadruple as Universal Credit rolls out, expert witnesses warned Holyrood. Currently each work coach supports 85 claimants – with that figure expected to rise to 373 by 2024-25. The startling figure adds to f...

The Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced that October 29th will be the date of the 2018 Autumn budget, a date that was likely picked to avoid clashing with the final stages of the Brexit negotiations which are scheduled for a special European...

House prices and rents could be seriously affected by BREXIT. This is what Andy Solomuns has to say:  Comment from Andy Soloman, CEO and Growth Expert at Yomdel.  “There’s every chance a no deal Brexit will have a substantial impact on the...