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DWP STAFF IN WORK POVERTY - About half the British population are now dependent on some sort of welfare to keep afloat. Staff employed by a government department designed to curtail benefits for those most in need also need financial benefits to surv...

JOB FAIR -The Folkestone Job Fair took place in the Victorian genteel pile, the Grand Hotel that majestically overlooks the English Channel. The job fair was run by JobsinKent, who also run JobsinEssex, JobsinSurrey and JobsinSussex. There was a broa...

BEREAVEMENT BENEFITS - Over a year after the McLaughlin ruling that said the Government’s refusal to pay bereavement benefits to a widowed mother—simply because she wasn’t married to her partner—was incompatible with human rights law, Committee...

CRIME – Universal Credit Fraud has skyrocketed. The number of Universal Credit frauds cases more than doubled in three months, the Department for Work and Pensions permanent secretary Peter Schofield has revealed to a group of MPs.&nbs...

JOBS - FareShare Forklift Truck Training places   FareShare are completing their John Lewis funded employability programme and have some places remaining for unemployed people to undertake accredited FLT training for counterbalance and...

 THIS WEDNESDAY - JobsInKent we have been invited to the at The Grand, The Leas, Folkestone, CT20 2XL, 10am - 3pm, 23rd October.  It's a great opportunity for you to meet, face to face, local employers who are recruiting, and also to connec...

DISABILITY SHOPPING - Purple Tuesday is designed to promote the improvement of the customer experience across retail and dining for people with disabilities. It will involve organisations of all sizes and from all sectors taking decisive, practi...

CHRISTMAS JOBS - DWP’s Find a job service enables employers to advertise jobs and jobseekers to view and apply for those jobs, with 1.2 million registered jobseekers making 40 million page visits each month. We are launching a campaign to highlight t...

CHRISTMAS PAYMENTS - The Department of Work and Pensions has announced when Universal Credit and other benefits will be paid. Money will be arriving earlier than expected. Those in receipt of Attendance Allowance, the state pension, Carer’s Allo...

A COUNCILLOR says “no-one is above the law” – including himself - after several local government in Tendring and Colchester figures failed to pay their council tax on time. This was according to a report collated by Newsquest’s Data Investigations Un...