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A woman whose disabled mum took a fatal overdose hours after learning that her benefits appeal had been rejected has accused the Tories of having blood on their hands. Susan Roberts, 68, was found dead at home, metres from a heartbreaking 1...

It’s all to do with the Dunning-Kruger effect says Fry, the tendency for the least mentally proficient people to often overestimate their own abilities. Research into this area was inspired by a story so incredibly ridiculous it’s ha...

Theresa May was confronted over disability benefit cuts this afternoon, during a rare appearance in public. Cathy Mohan, who lives in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, berated the Prime Minister over cuts to help people with learning disabilities.&nbs...

Public Concern at Work is the whistleblowing charity. Established in 1993. Public Concern at Work aims to help make whistleblowing work so that dangers, wrongdoing and serious risks that threaten the public good are deterred or at least detected befo...

The Women’s Equality Party has launched its General Election manifesto which contains plans for universal free childcare, investment in a caring economy that values social as well as physical infrastructure, a just immigration system that value...

The Institute for Public Policy Research is a leftwing thinktank based in London in the UK. It was founded in 1988 and is an independent registered charity. IPPR has offices in Newcastle, Manchester, and Edinburgh.   This is what they have to sa...

A woman who turned to theft after she stopped receiving disability allowance has been handed a conditional discharge. Chantelle Bailey, of Grove Lane, in Hemingford Grey, pleaded guilty to a count of theft, after she stole a television from Tesco, in...

Institute of Financial Studies Election 2017 analysis is being produced with funding from the Nuffield Foundation as part of its work to ensure public debate in the run-up to the general election is informed by independent and rigorous evidence. For...

The plight of people struggling to survive on a controversial new benefits system was witnessed first-hand by Scotland’s First Minister. During a visit to Inverness Nicola Sturgeon visited the city’s food bank and heard how the roll out o...

The European Youth Forum has lodged a complaint against the Belgian government, seeking to ban unpaid internships. From the Executive Summary. Young people entering the job market are in a precarious economic position. Across Europe, and in Belg...