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WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the launch of Apprenticeship.gov. Apprenticeship.gov delivers on the Task Force on Apprenticeship Expansion's recommendation to "compile apprenticeship information in a sin...

M&S has been slammed for launching a clothing line for disabled children despite having no toilets or changing rooms for severely disabled shoppers - in ANY stores. Blogger Laura Moore, 41, has been begging the retail giant to install 'changing...

New analysis shows that over a quarter of a million people have started a Modern Apprenticeship since the SNP came to office in 2007.   Analysis of new Skills Development Scotland figures shows that 27,145 people started Modern Apprentices...

It is Evidence Week in the UK parliament. The first of its kind, Evidence Week will run from 25th to 28th June 2018 and will bring together MPs, peers, parliamentary services and people from all walks of life across the UK to talk about why evidence...

Poundland has offered “guaranteed job interviews” to Poundworld employees who face an uncertain future. Last week, the discount chain collapsed into administration. High street discount chain Poundworld, which has 335 stores nationwide an...

The SNP’s protection of free eye tests in Scotland has seen people benefit over 21 million times from the initiative since 2007 – with the Scottish Government investing over £775 million in the policy over the last decade.   Th...

The Social Democratic Labour Party are the latest political party to add us to their press release list. We do get a fantastic stream of information from government departments, political parties, pressure groups, not-for-profits and international NG...

Universal Credit (UC) is being rolled out in Colchester in July amid a huge amount of concern, with over two hundred faith groups, mental health organizations, not-for-profits and pressure groups calling for a halt this winter to the national roll-ou...

Today, March 19th, the Prime Minister visited Street League in Birmingham, to launch a £90m programme that will tackle inequalities in youth unemployment. Nothing of course due to the FIFA World Cup being on and England winning. A cha...

Wages grew and wage inequality fell in most EU countries in 2015. Germany is not one of the countries where wages rose most, but it did have the largest reduction of wage inequality. Eurofound analysis shows that the German minimum wage policy introd...