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The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has written to all primary schools (over 3,000) seeking expressions of interest in its Hot School Meals Scheme Project, an initiative to provide a hot meal to primary school children on a pil...

Simon Collyer, ABC founder  was invited to talk on the RT TV Channel about Universal Credit and Pensions. “Thousands of elderly people and their partners are at risk of being pushed into poverty by a major change to benefits for pensioners, camp...

We have been hit by the gremlins here at the new fabulous ABC headquarters. Virgin Media was due to install a new landline and broadband setup here at our super new base in Colchester. We gave Virgin a whole months’ notice to prepare (April 2nd) as t...

The Declaration Festival in Scotland 15th May is featuring a film by Margaret Gilmour, about Basic Income.   The Declaration Festival 2019 is a free event exploring the links between health, equalities and human rights at the Scottish...

EEOC announces keynote speakers 22nd Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) EXCEL Conference July 30 In Atlanta.  Featured Speakers Include Dr. Bernice King and EEOC Acting Chair Victoria Lipnic at Annual Training Event for Fed...

‘Free cash withdrawals’ ATM machines have been disappearing across the UK at a rapid rate, according to a new study by Which? It has revealed that nearly 1,700 machines started charging the public for cash withdrawals in the first three months of the...

Migrant entrepreneurs run one in ten small businesses in Scotland and contribute £13 billion to the Scottish economy, according to a new report commissioned by the Federation of Small Businesses. The analysis by the Hunter Centre at the University of...

The SNP has urged Scots to register to vote by 7 May for the upcoming European Parliament elections, warning it’s the only way to ensure Scotland’s voice is heard in Europe.   Research published today revealed that 600,000 Scots who are eligible...

Nearly £2m of EU funding has been awarded to Newport Council to tackle in-work poverty and challenges faced by lower-skilled workers in south east Wales. The Skills@Work scheme will support around 1,400 people over the next four years, with a range o...

Politico reports: The Manchester Evening News team has been out and about gauging levels of voter apathy on housing estates across their region — and the answers are every bit as depressing as you’d expect. “Common themes emerged quickly,” the p...