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The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) Cymru's Rights, Advice and Information Service (RAISE) is a specialist welfare benefits and welfare rights service for people with sensory loss across Wales who face poverty and social exclusion. It...

Work and Pensions Committee Monday 11 December 2017 Meeting starts at 3.45pm AGENDA Subject: PIP and ESA assessments Witnesses: Anna Bird, Executive Director, Policy and Research, Scope, Victoria Holloway, Public Affairs Manager, Sense and Co-Ch...

A Scottish social security agency is being set up to handle 11 welfare payments being devolved to Holyrood, which include carer’s allowance and disability living allowance. Social security minister Jeanne Freeman has said she wants to give peop...

If your car is stuck in the snow, or the bus, train or tram is not running, you may be unable to get to the office or your place of work due to the adverse weather. What is the position if you genuinely cannot get to work? Your boss might be able to...

Sleep in the Park, Edidburgh, is an initiative of parent charity Social Bite.  9,000 people have been invited to take part in an initiative designed on the 9th of December to end homelessness in Scotland. Social Bite, the charity that pioneered...

More than 90 percent of rough sleepers in Redbridge have little to no access to welfare or housing benefits, it has been revealed. At a two hour Redbridge Council local forum meeting on Wednesday, nearly a third of the meeting focussed on homelessnes...

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, creatiung expectations the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates next week. “Layoffs on the part of corporations are few and far between as good help is h...

The two household names – Primark and Sports Direct – have had to pay thousands of pounds back to staff for paying them below the minimum wage. Of the 260 firms named on the Government's list for paying their staff below the legal minimum...

Many of the things we enjoy over the Christmas period such as fairy lights, candles, paper hats and decorations can all be fire hazards when proper care is not taken. Essential tips include: Extinguish candles before going to bed and never leave them...

This Christmas, Free Radio Cash for Kids have launched their first ever Mission Christmas campaign. The aim is to gather as many new and unwrapped presents for young, disadvantaged people in the West Midlands up to...