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In March 2017, The Global FoodBanking Network (GFN) announced a goal of making greater strides in the fight against hunger by expanding food banking service from 6.8 million to 8 million people facing hunger by the end of 2018.  Thanks to the le...

New temporary accommodation to help Horsham District residents facing homelessness moved a step closer to completion this week (week commencing 11 February) with an official topping out ceremony on the site of the new homes. Horsham District Council...

Figures released this morning show that of the 597 homelessness deaths in 2017, Manchester (21) and Birmingham (18) were the cities worst affected, with Bristol, Lambeth and Liverpool (all 17), also registering more than one death a month. Respo...

This is from Teeside Live. As a little girl, Jodey Whiting loved dolls. Her first, named Tracey, was a gift from her beloved nana. “She was always motherly,” beamed Jodey’s mum. “She dreamed of being a mam.” But clutching her daughter’s picture, Joy...

Approximately eight million people are caught in a debt trap, paying out an average of a quarter of their incomes each month to their lenders.  Consumer credit is a debt that a person incurs when purchasing a good or service. Consumer credit inc...

Tenants Fees Ban From 1st June landlords and letting agents in England will usually only be able to charge tenants for rent, holding deposits and security deposits, with a handful of strictly defined fees permitted. No more wallet-crushing check-in a...

Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Regina Doherty, T.D., today announced that an information campaign will be launched this weekend to inform workers of new entitlements that will accompany important new employment legislation com...

Estimates from the Labour Force Survey show that, between July to September 2018 and October to December 2018, the number of people in work increased, while the number of unemployed people and the number of people aged from 16 to 64 years not working...

The labour market statistics were published today by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Labour Force Survey (LFS) unemployment was unchanged over the quarter and decreased over the year. The latest NI seasonally adjusted unempl...

The Department for Communities, in partnership with Belfast City Council, is hosting a major job fair in Belfast on Tuesday 5th March 2019.  The job fair will take place in the Europa Hotel, Belfast between 11.00am and 4.00pm and admission is fr...