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Today is the last day of campaigning for tomorrow’s English local elections, the first country-wide test of electoral opinion since last year’s general election. The Labour party are defending over 2,200 seats, while the Conservatives aro...

Hostile environment immigration policies mean that low income families must pass the Habitual Residency Test by 2022 to claim Universal Credit. Policy in Practise policy analysis finds that: •             Unive...

Employment Affairs and Social Protection Minister, Regina Doherty, T.D., has welcomed the latest monthly unemployment figures announced today by the CSO. The monthly unemployment rate has continued to fall month-on-month over the past year to 5.9% in...

The two bank holiday weekends in May will cause some disruption to people who receive benefit payments. The bank holidays on Monday, May 7 and three and  on Monday, May 28 mean that quite a few people won't be getting their money at th...

International Workers’ Day (also known as May Day) is celebrated worldwide on May 1 in over 80 countries. It is a day for workers around the world to commemorate the struggles of the labour movement that brought us our rights and...

The ABC had a suprise invitation today to the launch of the Guardian Public Service Awards.  +++ Good afternoon,  You are invited to celebrate the launch of The Guardian Public Service Awards 2018 on Monday 14 May, 2018 from 12-2pm. Jo...

Living Wage Scotland currently have vacancies for Living Wage Accreditation Officers. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a high profile national project that engages with employers of all sizes and sectors within Scotland. Working withi...

Sainsbury’s confirmed plans to merge with Asda this morning. The merger is being led by Sainsbury. The two companies have a combined workforce of 360,000 people and the £12bn merger between the two companies has raised fears that supplier...

David Keane (Lab): I will be working very closely [the acting chief constable] to understand why we're seeing an increase in these types of offences." Cheshire's Police and Crime Commissioner has questioned whether there is any link between the rise...

Austerity Fight is a 90 min documentary by Liverpool based filmmakers, Phil Maxwell & Hazuan Hashim. The austerity policies of the Tories have targeted young and old. The NHS is chronically under funded and is being privatised. Students are leavi...