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One strange feature of women getting the same voting rights as men was the 'Cat & Mouse Act'.  The Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill Health) Act 1913 (also known as the "Cat and Mouse Act") was an Act of Parliament passed in Britain und...

Job Services Australia (formerly known as the Job Network) is an Australian Government-funded network of organisations (private and community, and originally also government) that is contracted by the Australian Government, through the Department of...

One of the features of the Lib Dems campaign which looks frankly rather ‘old school ‘compared to their coalition buddies, the Conservative Party, has been the use of print media - spam publications dressed up to look like free local newspapers and de...

One of the scheme allegedly under consideration by the government is selling off our motorways and forcing motorists to pay to use them. We are concerned that this could infringing on the rights of people on low incomes and prevent them from having f...

Some rather local news for our ‘European’ latest news section, but sadly Colchester landlords; the April Centre, have gone into receivership. Over the years, this organisation helped so many people, despite at times at times managing on the tightest...

A new EU report shows that lmost 10 million part-time workers in the EU would have preferred to work more. Among the 44.1 million persons in the European Union (EU) working part-time in 2014, 9.8 million were under-employed meaning they wished t...

We recently came accross this aritcle on the: tutor2U website by Geoff Riley.  tutor2u is the Online Educational Publisher they provide a comprehensive range of support resources and services to teachers, students, parents and other ed...

The ABC is entering the EU Social Innovation Awards 2015. We visited Brussels last year for the final and we had a great time meeting like minded people and organisations. The Competition invites people to come up with new solutions to social or soci...

This time it is the turn of Plaid Cymru is answer our searching questions as the elecion looms large.  What has been the experience of Welsh people living on state pensions and benefits during austerity? The experience of people in Wales living...