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According to a Guardian article the Home Office is looking at slashing numbers from 300,000 to 170,000 under tougher student visa rules. The Home Office is considering cutting international student numbers at UK universities by nearly half. The threa...

There is an amazing opportunity coming up for young people aged 18-25, who are not in training, education or employment. You can get a free 6 week Get into Adult Support Services programme in partnership with Colchester Institute and TLC Limited is a...

St Albans CVS & Volunteer Centre are running two clinics on the 19th Jan in Harpenden and 25th Jan in Hatfield for anyone who wants to test their ideas for setting up a social enterprise.   http://www.volunteerstalbans.org.uk/inspiring-socia...

Austria's centre-left chancellor has said he will ask the EU to let local employers hire Austrians before other EU citizens, unless there are no suitable candidates. Christian Kern made the pledge at the launch of a 10-year economic plan focussing on...

UNITED KINGDOM – LONDON – It is more than six months since Britain voted to leave the European Union, yet the people of Britain still have no clear idea what Brexit means. The “Brexit means Brexit” facile nonsequitur is no lon...

Tragically Rick Parfitt is not going to work no more. We saw Quo at the Kursal Southend on a sprung dance floor (!!!) and in Rochester on the River Medway. It seemed too soon to make the connection after his sad passing, but now we feel we can. Very...

Ten of the most bizarre excuses used by unscrupulous bosses found to have underpaid workers the National Minimum Wage have been revealed. List of strangest excuses for underpaying National Minimum Wage published government launches £1.7 millio...

The Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children Carl Sargeant has announced £7.8 million for the Homelessness Prevention Programme for 2017/18. The grant supports Local Authorities and third sector organisations to deliver front line service...

A cold and windy Polar maritime airmass, with its origins over northern Canada, will spread southwards across the UK in the next 24 hours, bringing a real taste of winter to the whole of the UK from tomorrow (Thursday). We love our WindyTV. Wrap up e...

The pound has slipped close to its lowest level against the US dollar since June's Brexit vote, after official figures showed a worse than expected widening of the UK trade deficit.   Sterling fell by more than half a cent against the greenback...