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Scottish Man Fights Unjust Sanctions
Tuesday 11 November, 2014The Motherwell Times recently highlighted the actions of a heroic indervidual battling the DWP cruel and unjust sanctions system. An unemployed electronics worker John McAthur has been staging a one-man daily protest against a Government ‘slave labou...
George's Flyer Backfires
Thursday 06 November, 2014Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne has publically stated the Conservative Party is planning a massive slashing of benefits should the Conservative Party win the next General Election. Electoral Calculus, predicts the next British General Ele...
Spread the Warmth
Thursday 30 October, 2014Age UK are running a Spread the Warmth campaign? Age UK say that 1 older person dies needlessly every 7 minutes from the cold - that’s 200 deaths a day that could be prevented. Of the winter deaths that happen every year, 9 in 10 are older people. Ag...
$20,000 Internship
Thursday 23 October, 2014There has been a rise recently in the amount of unpaid internships in America, with desperate job seekers willing to do anything to get hired. Some companies have even come under fire by the US Department of Labor for offering unpaid internships, say...
ONS Latest Claimant Count Video
Wednesday 22 October, 2014Office National Statistics (ONS)- Regional earnings Below is the latest Claimant Count video from the ONS.
TUC 'Britain Needs a Pay Rise'
Wednesday 22 October, 2014Workers in the North East would be over £55 a week better off if real wage growth had remained at its pre-recession rate, according to new analysis published by the TUC. The analysis shows that even using the government’s preferred inflation measure...
Artists Eviction Anquish
Monday 13 October, 2014Hundreds have signed a petition in support of an artist who first heard she was being evicted from her home during a supermarket chat. Kim Tillyer has rented her two two-bedroom North York Moors cottage, near Osmotherley, from the Snil...
Universal Credit Flaws
Friday 10 October, 2014Article reproduced courtesy of Max Salsbury for 24dash.com A North West housing association has said a survey of its tenants has exposed flaws in the government's universal credit (UC) system, with some of those using it forced to turn to pay day len...
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