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A 'suicidal' man with anorexia and arthritis has been told he can no longer receive disability benefits. Stuart Price, from Llanelli, south Wales, has received the benefits for decades. He says he is unable to eat solid food because to his condition....

Social Democrats co-leader Róisín Shortall TD has described today’s record high levels of hospital overcrowding as disgraceful, predictable and avoidable. Deputy Shortall was commenting on figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwive...

An array of policy alternatives to North America’s welfare state has recently sparked heated debate among policymakers. Since the advent of economic deregulation in the 1970s, there has been an increase in labor insecurity. Globally, the e...

Restaurant organisation McDonald’s has recommended a pay increase for its 115,000 UK employees working across its 1,200 national franchised restaurants, effective from 22 January 2018. The new hourly rates of pay have been recommended to r...

Starting your professional life isn’t easy when you lack experience. You can't ever lose hope, you mustn't, but there are days when you think, My Goodness. I don't seem to have enough professional experience in my own field or even in other les...

Today the pay of the average top executive for 2018 so far will exceed what an average worker will make all year, according to analysis by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and the High Pay Centre. Their new study finds the av...

Staff from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection will be available from early Wednesday, 3 January to support householders in areas affected by Storm Eleanor. The Department’s Community Welfare Services staff will enga...

Bags of Taste are offering free cookery classes are helping people make healthy meals for no more than £1 a portion. The organisation is teaching hundreds of people how to cook new dishes and make their money go further. Alicia Weston the the f...

High art it is not. The Australian Fabians send up Donald Trump. In partnership with the WA Labor Perth Branch, The Trial of Donald Trump stars Alex Manfrin as Donald Trump, Eileen Glynn as Hillary Clinton and Jude Bridge as Judge Judy. Trump is defe...

A Happy New Year in 2018 to our audience. It has been a tough 2017 and we will have to see what 2018 brings. We look forward in hope.  In the meantime, Best Wishes to you all. Happy New Year 2018.  Image: Happy New Year.    &...