70 minutes ago Labour unveils welfare reforms to help 135,000 economically inactive Scots find work

Liz Kendall, the Work and Pensions Secretary, said those who "can work, must work" as she unveiled the Get Britain Working white paper.

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6 hours ago The pioneering housing agreement that is helping women flee domestic abuse

The latest plan to tackle violence against women and girls in our region has been outlined

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7 hours ago Falkland Islands at war with Labour! British territory is set to benefit from huge oil discovery

The Sea Lion oil field, first discovered in 2010 in the North Falkland Basin roughly 135 miles offshore, was hailed at the time as potentially the biggest discovery of its kind since North Sea Oil

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7 hours ago FA to launch crackdown to eradicate the sickening abuse of England stars

The governing body are set to reveal their new equality, diversity and inclusion strategy - and it can be disclosed one of their targets is to eradicate the abuse England stars have received.

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8 hours ago UK politics live: Minister says some benefit claimants ‘stealing from the state’ as Labour unveils crackdown

Government set to announce measures to get more than two million Britons back into work

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8 hours ago Rebel group takes key Myanmar border town and rare earth mining hub in setback for military regime

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9 hours ago Keir Starmer’s jobs plan won’t work because Labour are ducking tough welfare decisions, Tories claim – UK politics live

PM set to unveil what government calls 'biggest employment reforms in generation’ as Tories say he is not making tough calls on sickness and benefitsGood morning. Today the government is unveiling what it is calling, in the headline on its overnight press release, the “biggest employment reforms in a generation”. The reforms are intended to tackle the fact that Britain is the only major economy where the employment rate has fallen over the last five years, largely because more people are out of work due to long-term ill health. A white paper called Get Britain Working is being published later, and Liz Kendall, the work and pensions secretary, is due to make a statement in the Commons later.In its overnight briefing, the Department for Work and Pensions has already flagged up numerous in...

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10 hours ago UK politics latest: Labour to unveil plans to slash spiralling benefits bill and get millions back into work

Government set to announce measures to get more than two million Britons back into work

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