Cuts and caps to benefits have always harmed people, not helped them into work
Many of the measures already implemented to reduce government spending have actually pushed people further away from the ...
Labour urged to crack down on ‘discriminatory’ guarantor rules which lock renters out
The signatories do not call on the government to scrap guarantors entirely. Instead they ask Labour rules out demands for a ...
'A hard worker with good sense of humour ' - revealing the real Joseph Rowntree
He was a hard worker with a good sense of humour and a political radical' - David Wilson asks what was York's Joseph Rowntree ...
'Why I thank Joseph Rowntree and his legacy for changing my life'
Thank you Rowntree. A REPORT 'The Future is Green', published in February by the business interest group the CBI, said the ...
Benefits demand could be linked to worsening ‘deaths of despair’ new study finds
A new report found a ‘strong link' between these deaths, mental health and the potential demand on the welfare system ...
Medscape22h
Mental Health Decline Drives Rise in Deaths and Disability: Report
A report highlighted a sharp rise in mental health problems across the United Kingdom, with growing pressure on NHS services and an increasing disability benefits bill.
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Joseph Rowntree: what the York entrepreneur was really like
He was a hard worker with a good sense of humour and a political radical' - David Wilson asks what was Joseph Rowntree really like? GENERATIONS of British children have grown up enjoying Smarties ...
'York would be a different city without Rowntree'
Executive director of the Rowntree Society Nick Smith says the city would be "a very different place without that legacy".
DWP benefits cuts could be scrapped after Rachel Reeves given another option
The Department for Work and Pensions' planned cuts could be SCRAPPED by the Labour Party government as Chancellor Rachel ...
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Research links increase in ill-health to rising benefit claims, just as government prepares ‘catastrophic’ cuts
New research links a significant rise in sickness and mental ill-health since the start of the pandemic to an increase in the ...
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City walls lit up in tribute to philanthropist
York's city walls have been lit up in blue and orange in tribute to philanthropist Joseph Rowntree on the 100th anniversary of his death. A successful confectionery businessman, Rowntree built the ...