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As a millionaire business owner, Paul Thistlewhite enjoyed a life of “wine and sun” while in California and Spain. But he laments that a luxury night out for him now that he is on Universal Credit would be a trip to the fish and chip shop. Harrogate-...

Universal Credit has been rolled out to more than 50,000 people in the North East, new figures reveal. The latest Government data shows the number of people receiving the controversial benefit in the region has reach 51,289. In Newcastle, one in ever...

School dinners have come a long way in the past 20 years since Jamie Oliver started his campaign in Greenwich to make them healthier and more interesting. Nutritionally balanced and with modern and fun menus, school dinners have never been better, he...

The SNP has lambasted the Tories over their mismanagement of welfare, after figures showed that the number of Jobseekers’ Allowance claimants who have been underpaid has more than doubled in five years.   New analysis shows that the proportion o...

Tuck Sleep contacted us. A organisation thats all about sleep. It is interesting what they have to say about depression and sleep.  Troubled sleep, insomnia, and oversleeping are classic symptoms of clinical depression. While not all depressed p...

Frank Mukahanana who built a company dubbed by the Financial Times as the ‘antidote to Wonga’ has launched the TWiCE Campaign this week, a pilot scheme designed to fight against financial illiteracy by teaching people how money works in order to redu...

The Social Democrats today set out the party’s priorities for the new Dáil term, calling for a nationwide freeze on rents at current levels to stem the flow of low-and-middle income earners into homelessness. Speaking ahead of the resumption of the D...

The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection will have an information stand at the National Ploughing Championships in Screggan, Tullamore throughout the three days of the event - Tuesday, 18 September, through to Thursday, 20 September...

Get Online Week will take place from 15–21 October 2018 with a range of events across Northern Ireland providing free digital training sessions for people. Sessions are happening across Northern Ireland in a range of locations including Antrim, Belfa...

The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) will today publish a report considering the impacts of Brexit on the UK labour market.  The Committee was asked to carry out the research by the Government in July 2017 and will cover areas including wages...