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Willie Penrose TD has written to Tesco Ireland seeking them to withdraw their threat to unilaterally change their workers conditions of employment, including pay cuts. “I am calling upon Tesco to accept the invitation of the Unions representing...

THIS is the story of Paul, believed to be the first person sanctioned for three years by the Department of Work and Pensions in Dundee. Paul has committed no crime but must endure deprivation beyond anything the average prisoner will ever face &ndash...

Member states should declare a moratorium on winter heating disconnections, so that no household can be cut off from energy in the cold, says a European Parliament resolution voted on Thursday. To step up the fight against poverty in the EU by reduci...

DWP Select Committte Wednesday 20 April 2016 Meeting starts at 9.30am Subject: Early drawing of state pension Witnesses: Chris Curry, Director, Pensions Policy Institute, and Alan Higham, PensionsChamp Witnesses: Martin Clarke, Government Actuar...

Falling job moves among young people deepened their pay squeeze by a third Think Tank warns a ‘new normal’ of low job mobility could have scarring effects for wages of future generations Less frequent job moves among young people deepened...

Statistics showing record use of foodbanks in Scotland are a “damning indictment” of the failures of the UK Government which should leave the Tories “deeply ashamed”, SNP Social Justice Secretary Alex Neil said today.  &n...

LONDON — For those tramping round to job interviews in the capital Phil Sayer, a voice actor whose admonition to “please mind the gap” has been heard by millions of passengers on the London Underground since 2005, died on Thursday a...

Scotland should have the right to hold a new referendum on independence if the country is taken out of the European Union "against our will", the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) said on Sunday. Facing a British referendum on whether to st...

The SNP will put universalism at the heart of plans to support all children in achieving their potential with a package of proposals for new borns and their parents including a ‘baby box’ for every new born child in Scotland.   The b...

The ABC is continuing its series of Q&A’s and this time it is with leading Scottish civil-rights campaigner Dr. Anthony Cox. Tony’s story mirrors our own experiences and recently in a letter to the Prime Ministers offices we pointed o...