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Two new organisations are aiming to help unemployed Brits on their journey towards work. Fedcap Employment and Fedcap Employment Scotland, recently-formed British companies and part of the experienced American not-for-profit organisation The Fedcap G...

Falmouth and Truro MP Sarah Newton has quit her ministerial position after last night's no-deal Brexit vote. The Conservative minister in the Department for Work and Pensions resigned after defying Theresa May to block No Deal completely. Sarah Newto...

Do Business & Talk Business on 14th March 2019 Business East is one of the most comprehensive business to business shows in Essex and East Anglia offering networking opportunities, seminar theatre, exhibitors and VIP receptions. The perfect platf...

DWP staff shortages are causing thousands of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants to be sent home unseen from health assessment appointments.   Figures revealed by a DWP minister show that in 2018, 5,700 Personal Independence Payment (P...

The benefits freeze will not lift'ed in Wednesday’s Spring Statement, Amber Rudd has confirmed in a statement. There is to be no relief despite rising food prices and higher inflation.  The Work and Pensions Secretary had faced calls f...

The work of Citizens Advice South Hams is to be celebrated later this month with a visit from HRH The Princess Royal. Princess Anne will meet staff, volunteers and clients at the local charity’s headquarters at Follaton House, Totnes on Monday March...

The Mid-West Careers Fair will take place in the South Court Hotel, Raheen, Limerick on Wednesday 27 March 2019 from 11am to 5.30pm. The careers fair is one of some 80 events taking place around the country during National Jobs Week, which runs from...

Friday, 15 March 2019 from 18:00-21:00, 10 Downing Street, London, SW1A 2AT Facebook Event Page Hundreds of people have died homeless across the UK in the last year. Every single one is a death too many. At least one person dies every day due to the...

Money Saving Expert reports on Rent-toBuy arrangements: Vulnerable customers who use rent-to-own firms will not pay more in interest than the cost of the original item from April, as part of new rules announced by the financial regulator today. ...

A technical article but if Universal Citizens Income interests you this is useful information.  Kela, the Finnish social insurance agency, has published the first results of the Finland Citizen's Basic Income experiment.  The Finnish basic...