Employment
Would devolution of the DWP be a better way of delivering benefits and welfare?
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Would devolution of the DWP be a better way of delivering benefits and welfare?
Will DWP's WorkWell scheme actually help people into work – or is it an attack on disability rights?
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Will DWP's WorkWell scheme actually help people into work – or is it an attack on disability rights?
May 2024 train strikes: Disruption as Aslef drivers walk out – here's everything you need to know
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May 2024 train strikes: Disruption as Aslef drivers walk out – here's everything you need to know
Timpson boss James Timpson on Doc Martens, high street success and how work can turn lives around
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Timpson boss James Timpson on Doc Martens, high street success and how work can turn lives around
Aslef boss Mick Whelan on train strikes, hope with Labour and why Brits must reject 'politics of envy'
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Aslef boss Mick Whelan on train strikes, hope with Labour and why Brits must reject 'politics of envy'
Marge starts a union and fights for workers' rights in powerful new episode of The Simpsons
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Marge starts a union and fights for workers' rights in powerful new episode of The Simpsons
I'm a cancer patient. I have to work from hospital during treatment or risk falling into poverty
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I'm a cancer patient. I have to work from hospital during treatment or risk falling into poverty
I know how to make the DWP better and get more people into work – but they're just not listening
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I know how to make the DWP better and get more people into work – but they're just not listening
How this social enterprise is tackling stigma and helping neurodiverse people into work
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How this social enterprise is tackling stigma and helping neurodiverse people into work
Train drivers to stage more strikes in May, ASLEF union announces: 'We won't back down'
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Train drivers to stage more strikes in May, ASLEF union announces: 'We won't back down'
We need new homes to have any hope of ending UK's housing crisis. So where are all the builders?
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We need new homes to have any hope of ending UK's housing crisis. So where are all the builders?
Millions of Brits think their jobs are 'meaningless.' Could a four-day working work week fix that?
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Millions of Brits think their jobs are 'meaningless.' Could a four-day working work week fix that?
Tube and train strikes: Disruption for rail passengers as London Underground strike called off
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Tube and train strikes: Disruption for rail passengers as London Underground strike called off
'Job apocalypse': Up to 8 million Brits risk losing their jobs to AI, government warned
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'Job apocalypse': Up to 8 million Brits risk losing their jobs to AI, government warned
DWP could be 'fantastic' under Labour, says ex-minister Stephen Timms: 'Don't write the DWP off'
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DWP could be 'fantastic' under Labour, says ex-minister Stephen Timms: 'Don't write the DWP off'
Tory government 'demonises' disabled people who face 'onerous' benefits system, UN warns
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Tory government 'demonises' disabled people who face 'onerous' benefits system, UN warns
I had no job, long-term mental health issues and £50,000 of debt. Now I'm living debt free
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I had no job, long-term mental health issues and £50,000 of debt. Now I'm living debt free
It's truly heartbreaking how often food bank guests are punished because they can't find work
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It's truly heartbreaking how often food bank guests are punished because they can't find work
What the disastrous 'Willy Wonka experience' tells us about AI and its 'pollution' of bad content
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What the disastrous 'Willy Wonka experience' tells us about AI and its 'pollution' of bad content
Rising homelessness has UK in a chokehold – but this project is fighting back with mixed martial arts
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