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A cafe criticised for making trainees work unpaid for 40 hours, without a guaranteed job, has given in to public pressure and started paying training staff wages.  Mooboo Bubble Tea - which sells the Taiwanese drink topped with tapioca ball...

We have been working to assist a caller today about where to send his ‘Fit Note’ as DWP addresses have been changing? Having recently sent what was previously known as a ‘sick note’ into the JCP/DWP in Glasgow - the same addre...

The Chancellor is due to deliver this year's Budget today.  Philip Hammond will start just after midday, once Prime Minister's Questions have finished. You can watch the budget live below:

The Government faces a potential bill of 2 billion euros, it was reported today, after EU investigators accused UK customs authorities of turning a blind eye to a fraud network allowing cheap Chinese goods to be dumped in Europe. The EU's anti-f...

Roma women have long been held back by inequalities, poverty, dire living conditions and a lack of opportunities, says the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) on International Women’s Day on 8 March. “Too often Roma women f...

More than 360 jobs will be created in North Lanarkshire, with the construction of a new distribution centre by retail giant Lidl. Planning permission has been granted by the council for the 58,000 square metre building at McNeil Drive, Eurocentr...

The Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) campaign group was formed to demand transitional arrangements including a 'bridging pension' for those caught out by the way the changes were brought about. Budget Day they are planning a demonstrati...

Communities and Local Government Committee and Work and Pensions Committee Tuesday 7 March 2017 Meeting starts at 3.45pm This consultation seeks views on the government’s plans for a new housing costs funding model for supported housing as...

International Women’s Day is a worldwide event that celebrates women’s achievements – from the political to the social – while calling for gender equality. It has been observed since the early 1900s and is now recognised...

At the Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced that the government will move to a single major fiscal event each year. This means following the spring 2017 Budget and Finance Bill, Budgets will be delivered in the autumn, with the first one t...