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Hundreds of civilian staff are being paid less than the real Living Wage by the Ministry of Defence, it has been revealed.  In figures revealed under Freedom of Information law, the MoD admitted that 223 civilian staff in Scotland were paid unde...

We may be a month away from Christmas but here are some important dates for your diary.   Its not going to be much of a Christmas for many, but let us all hang-on and hope for better times.   Image left: Scrooge from a Christmas Carole...

A group of MPs warn today in an urgent report calling on ministers to push back any vote on the flagship welfare reform. The Commons Work and Pensions Committee claims that getting “managed migration” – the process of transferring clai...

For July to September 2018, there were 760,000 young people (aged 16 to 24 years) in the UK who were not in education, employment or training (NEET); this number decreased by 23,000 from April to June 2018 and was down 29,000 when compared with July...

The Association of Pension & Benefits CIC is warning of a growing crisis in Essex that is being caused by Universal Credit (UC). A spokesperson for the DWP Basildon processing center has today warned that staff - each managing around six hundred...

Illegal and inhumane practices in the world's fishing sector must be stamped out and replaced with sustainable ones to support the livelihoods of one of every 10 people on the planet, FAO and the Vatican said today. "We convey a joint message urging...

UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights UK Visit - Preliminary Findings The Special Rapporteur, Professor Philip Alston, presented the findings from his investigation into government efforts to eradicate poverty in the UK, incl...

Interim Response to the Independent Review of the Personal Independence Payment assessment process An Independent Review of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) process was carried out by Walter Rader who examined the operation of the PIP assessme...

Over 170 delegates have attended a ‘Health and Homelessness’ conference in Belfast. The event, organised by the Department of Health, Queen’s University Belfast and the Public Health Agency, brought together front line staff, key policy makers and ex...

You are cordially invited to the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights’ presentation of the preliminary findings from his visit to the United Kingdom on Friday, November 16, 2018, at 12:00 pm at the Internation...