learning and employment
DWP warned benefit claimants face 'poor customer service' and 'long waiting times'
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DWP warned benefit claimants face 'poor customer service' and 'long waiting times'
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has promised to commit to a more "efficient and compassionate" service under the new Labour government
Dear prisons minister James Timpson… Every prisoner should have the opportunity to be creative
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Dear prisons minister James Timpson… Every prisoner should have the opportunity to be creative
I'm a union organiser in Coventry. Here's how Amazon's 'union busting' works
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I'm a union organiser in Coventry. Here's how Amazon's 'union busting' works
DWP benefit and pension payment dates for August 2024 – plus universal credit and PIP changes
DWP benefit and pension payment dates for August 2024 – plus universal credit and PIP changes
'Shameful stuff': Labour suspends seven rebel MPs who voted to end two-child benefit cap
'Shameful stuff': Labour suspends seven rebel MPs who voted to end two-child benefit cap
Keir Starmer's government is bringing power to local communities. We need that in social security
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Keir Starmer's government is bringing power to local communities. We need that in social security
DWP should prioritise supporting benefit claimants over sanctions, most people say
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DWP should prioritise supporting benefit claimants over sanctions, most people say
Liz Kendall wants to reform the DWP from a 'department for welfare' to a 'department for work'
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Liz Kendall wants to reform the DWP from a 'department for welfare' to a 'department for work'
PIP changes: Labour government urged to drop 'dangerous' disability benefit reforms
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PIP changes: Labour government urged to drop 'dangerous' disability benefit reforms
Letters: I'm an anti-capitalist, non-binary vegan. Here's what private school taught me
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Letters: I'm an anti-capitalist, non-binary vegan. Here's what private school taught me
Rob Delaney: 'Money is great. It should be handed out Robin Hood-style to poor people all day long'
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Rob Delaney: 'Money is great. It should be handed out Robin Hood-style to poor people all day long'
Labour 'considering' scrapping two-child benefit cap
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Labour 'considering' scrapping two-child benefit cap
DWP Jobcentre security guards 'suffer' and turn to food banks as wages fail to cover basics
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DWP Jobcentre security guards 'suffer' and turn to food banks as wages fail to cover basics
Labour warned that crackdown on shoplifters risks 'criminalising' poverty: 'Some are out of options'
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Labour warned that crackdown on shoplifters risks 'criminalising' poverty: 'Some are out of options'
Summer holiday childcare costs surge to more than £1,000 per child: 'Stressed out to the max'
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Summer holiday childcare costs surge to more than £1,000 per child: 'Stressed out to the max'
Seven of the last nine PMs went to Oxford. Has it gotten us any closer to solving child poverty?
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Seven of the last nine PMs went to Oxford. Has it gotten us any closer to solving child poverty?
Scrap two-child benefit cap to end child poverty, Labour told: 'Good intentions are not enough'
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Scrap two-child benefit cap to end child poverty, Labour told: 'Good intentions are not enough'
From two-child benefit cap to rough sleeping: Everything that's missing from the King's Speech
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From two-child benefit cap to rough sleeping: Everything that's missing from the King's Speech
Housing, benefits and railways: Key takeaways from Labour's first King's Speech
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Housing, benefits and railways: Key takeaways from Labour's first King's Speech
Workers blame Amazon's 'union-busting' after losing historic union vote: 'This is not the end'
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Workers blame Amazon's 'union-busting' after losing historic union vote: 'This is not the end'
What will be in King's Speech? Here's 5 things to look out for – from benefits to conversion therapy
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What will be in King's Speech? Here's 5 things to look out for – from benefits to conversion therapy
'Huge mandate': Brits of all political stripes want stronger rights for workers, poll finds
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'Huge mandate': Brits of all political stripes want stronger rights for workers, poll finds
From a new UK pilot to union backing: The four-day working week has never been closer to reality
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From a new UK pilot to union backing: The four-day working week has never been closer to reality
Letters: The DWP needs to be kind – instead of making people's lives difficult
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Letters: The DWP needs to be kind – instead of making people's lives difficult
Smart, no-nonsense moves by Starmer show how toxic and incompetent the Tories have really been
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