Workers at a drug and alcohol charity fear they could be out of a job within days because of its collapse into administration. Unite said its members at Lifeline have
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The Government and employers are being urged to do more to support people with mental health conditions after a study showed that few of those with long-term problems are in
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Vacancies for jobs including scientists, nurses and other healthcare workers are lying unfilled for months, highlighting the shortage of skilled staff in the UK, a report reveals. Research by jobs
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Disabled people will be offered internships in the Scottish Government as part of a series of measures to help them into work. The internship programme starts in September and forms
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The UK Government has been urged to rethink “incoherent” plans to close a swathe of Jobcentres in Scotland. Westminster’s Scottish Affairs Committee said the proposals showed “a lack of planning”
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New support is to be given to struggling families under a £30 million government programme focused on helping parents to find work. The next phase of the Troubled Families Programme
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Disabled people continue to face barriers in employment, transport, housing and health, so are being “left behind” in society, a report warns. A study by the Equality and Human Rights
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Charities say they are continuing to see widespread problems with the behaviour of bailiffs towards vulnerable people in financial difficulty, despite a crackdown on the issue. Bodies including StepChange Debt
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A coalition of disability charities has issued a plea to Theresa May to rethink planned cuts to a key benefit which will see new claimants lose out on £1,500 a
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Plans to close more than 20 Jobcentres in Scotland will heap stress on some of the most vulnerable, employability minister Jamie Hepburn has said. He was speaking in advance of
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