Thousands of care workers 'miss out on minimum wage'

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 9th February 2015 10:08.

*More than a tenth of UK care workers are being paid less than the national minimum wage of £6.50 an hour, a study suggests. * The Resolution......

Today Government ministers announced that jobless migrants will not be able to claim Housing Benefit from April this year. They also say that migrants will only be able to claim Jobseekers cash for six months.

Labour says it is "supportive" of the policy inspired by Tory toff...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24319583

I'm assuming this is still live.....

http://you.38degrees.org.uk/petition...ntil-2016-2012

Please sign to stop us all working until we drop!! This country is a bl**dy joke....

The Government has failed in its attempt to prevent legal action against its controversial Bedroom Tax, after a judicial review of the decision was granted permission to proceed in the High Court, lawyers Leigh Day have announced.

A Judicial Review of the Government's controversial decision...

'Put Disabled Kids Down' Councillor

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 28th February 2013 10:37.

*After initially refusing to resign over controversial comments made at an equalities event, Collin Brewer steps down.* A councillor has resigned...

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'Companies making redundancies must find staff new jobs', say European MPs

Read it here - Telegraph

On 26/10/2007 my partner's daughter XXXXXXX, at age 19 and lovely, thoughtful and kind yet stubborn, independent-minded and severely dyslexic, took out a an 18 month mobile phone service agreement £35 per month with T-mobile, plus itemised billing, at the Phones 4 U store in Newcastle Eldon Square....

With youth unemployment expected to crash through the one million barrier this week – and with the outlook for adults little brighter – it is like the Eighties all over again. Except in one all-important respect. Back then the first port of call when you were unemployed was the local Jobcentre,...

Amy Winehouse dies aged 27

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/cele...s-aged-27.html

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Gerry puts her foot in it once again……

Was in the checkout queue, there was a wee man looking at special offers on bedding, he asked me if it was sheets in the packet I told him it was pillowcases the sheets were in the packets on the bottom shelf He asked me what colour he should...