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Statistics have been released by the government detailing how many people who need support from benefits are being sanctioned. This means having their financial support cut or stopped entirely because they’re not able to do the things that are being...

The Social Market Foundation is currently undertaking a major research project looking at benefit sanctions in the United Kingdom, updating and expanding the Independent Review of Sanctions that they undertook for Government in 2014. This resear...

Following the figures released today that show that the number of alcohol-related deaths in Northern Ireland is the highest on record, SDLP Health Spokesperson Mark H Durkan MLA has said that we need to raise awareness of the pitfalls of alcohol misu...

Labour Market Statistics Published The labour market statistics were published today by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Key points Labour Force Survey (LFS) unemployment increased over the quarter and decreased over the year The...

“The number of people in work has continued to edge ahead, though the employment rate was unchanged on the quarter. However, the number of vacancies is a new record high, while the unemployment rate is now at its lowest since the winter of 1974-75.”...

Theresa May has unveiled a £100m government fund in an attempt to eradicate rough-sleeping in England within the next decade. It comes as James Brokenshire, the communities secretary, admitted that efforts to tackle homelessn...

Government has announced its plans for the funding of supported housing. The plans reveal that supported housing, including refuges and all forms of short-term supported housing, will be funded by housing benefit and kept outside of the Universal Cre...

Today comes the news that rents could shoot up 15% by 2023 as the supply of new rental properties wanes. A survey by the Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors suggests tax changes that came in last year have rendered Buy-to-Let investments less p...

The number of unemployed people decreased by 284,000 to 6.3 million in July 2018, and the unemployment rate edged down to 3.9 percent. Since July 2017, the number of unemployed has decreased by 676,000, and the unemployment rate has declined by 0.4 p...

Simon Collyer, Founder of the ABC is appealing to the Independent Office for Police Conduct, to have a fully independent investigation into Essex Police maladministration.   ++++ A Colchester Civil Rights campaigner Simon Collyer has been o...