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- Goodbye Brian and Thank You For Being Such a Friend We hope this article can help get people thinking about their drinking habits. > MORE INFO
- Some Help You May Be Entitled To This Winter The irony of the public paying National Insurance somertimes for decades, yet when you need help you are 'lent'… > MORE INFO
- Pension And Disability Benefit Claimants to Get a Ten Pound Christmas Bonus - Big Deal Says the ABC Don't spend it all at once. > MORE INFO
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> MORE INFOJohnny Flynn - Barnacled Warship, Some Music Please
BARNACLED WARSHIP - A Barnacled Warship is what we feel like at times battling the... -
> MORE INFOUnemployment Benefits Lowest in Decades
MENTAL HEALTH - Unemployment benefits will hit their lowest real value in more tha... -
> MORE INFOPlease Look After Your Mental Health
MENTAL HEALTH - People are returning to the workplace and classroom (or are p... -
> MORE INFOGoodbye Brian and Thank You For Being Such a Friend
DEATH OF OUR SUPPORTER - We just want to say goodbye to Brian our neighbour and gr...
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> MORE INFOTory Minister Alister Jack Refuses to Meet Scottish Anti-Poverty Group Over Universal Credit Cut
Respected campaigners, The Poverty Alliance said they did not get an acknowledgeme... -
> MORE INFOBaroness Davidson: Universal Credit Cut ‘Wrong Thing To Do’
UNIVERSAL CREDIT CUT - Further pressure has been piled on to the callous UK T... -
> MORE INFOScottish Government’s Goals Keeping Families Together
CHILDREN IN CARE - Reducing the number of children in care. Fewer children a... -
> MORE INFOPlanned Universal Credit Cut Would Plunge 20,000 Children in Scotland Into Poverty
SNP - Two-thirds of people in Scotland are opposed to the Tory UK government ...
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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 Labour Market Statistics Get a Makeover
LABOUR MARKET STATISTICS - We like the way the government folk in Northern Ireland... -
> MORE INFONorthern Ireland Labour Market Statistics July's Proposed Redundancies Highest of 2021
LABOUR MARKET STATISTICS IRELAND - The labour market statistics were publishe... -
> MORE INFOMultisensory Centre Making a Positive Difference to a Northern Ireland Rural Community
NORTHERN IRELAND - Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots has visited a multisensory c... -
> MORE INFONorthern Ireland Communities Minister Hargey Urges DWP to Retain £20 UC Uplift
UC UPLIFT- Communities Minister Hargey urges DWP to retain £20 UC uplift. Co...
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> MORE INFODenmark Plans To Make Migrants ‘Pick Up Litter on Beach’ For Welfare Benefits
MIGRANTS TO BE USED AS FORCED LABOUR - Denmark plans to make some migrants work fu... -
> MORE INFOSwedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven Lost a No-Confidence Vote on Monday Morning In A Row Over Rents
SWEDISH RENTAL MARKET - could cause the resignation of the prime minister. The Sw... -
> MORE INFORough Sleepers Die After Arctic Blast Hits Northern Europe
GERMANY - Aid workers are warning that the sharp drop in temperatures across ... -
> 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 ...
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