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This April will see the introduction of some significant changes to the benefit system. For the most part, attention has been focused on the continuation of a freeze in most benefit rates for working-age households for the third year in a row. This f...

Social Welfare Training have come up with this useful tip When clients are naturally migrated onto Universal Credit (due to a change of circumstance) they are being told that they need to send in sick notes and wait for a new Work Capability Assessme...

Jackie has kindly sent us this article.  Preparing Yourself For A Successful Job Hunt There are a number of changes to benefits and pensions, which will affect many people who claim these benefits - including pensioners, parents and jobseek...

A new report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has suggested that far fewer workers are at risk of being replaced by automaton than previously thought.   A forecast by Oxford University said back in 2013 that ar...

 Over 2 million people on the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage will get a pay rise on 1 April when new rates come into force Full time workers on the National Living Wage will earn over £600 more a year, a total uplift of ove...

The SNP has said the Tory UK government is “letting young people down” by refusing to change the law to ensure all that workers are entitled to a real Living Wage. Under current UK government legislation, younger workers can be discrimina...

Scottish taxpayers are saving an average of over £160 a year on their prescriptions compared to patients south of the border, SPICe calculations reveal.   On average, Scots take out 19 prescriptions per year. If these were charged at the E...

Happy Easter to all our audience. Why do we eat Easter Eggs at this time of year?  The Easter season in the UK includes the 40 days of lent and Holy week culminating in Easter Sunday – also known as Resurrection Sunday....

Not more snow surely? As a weather system moves in from the south and comes up against cold air over the UK, there is the chance that rain could turn to heavy snow in places. Several cm of snow are possible, especially over hills, with drifting in st...

As the National Living Wage increases to £7.83 per hour on 1 April 2018, find out whether your lifestyle would be affordable on the National Living Wage. It takes someone on the average UK salary seven months to earn the annual salary of someon...