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Councils are helping fewer family carers, figures reveal

Local councils are supporting fewer unpaid family carers looking after elderly relatives and sick children, even as the numbers of those carers rises, NHS figures reveal.

Published: 21 October 2019
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New law to push bosses to give workers a raise

Company directors should be put under a new legal duty to turn rising profits into increased wages and training for staff, a think-tank says today.

Published: 11 October 2019
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SMF 2019 events at the Liberal Democrat, Labour and Conservative Party Conferences

At the 2019 party conferences, the SMF held fringe events on a range of topics, including: pensions and auto-enrolment, the future of further education, and the role of energy companies in reducing emissions. follow this link to watch the events and read the blogs
Published: 09 October 2019
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Scrap prison terms for council tax debt, says QC

Locking people up for non-payment of council tax is inhumane, ineffective and undermines public confidence in the justice system, a leading lawyer argues today.

Published: 18 September 2019
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Left vs Right is dead – politics is about anarchists vs centrists, new study shows

Politics should no longer be divided between “left-wing” and “right-wing” because the vital dividing line between groups of voters is now between “anarchists” and “centrists”, a new study shows today

Published: 18 September 2019
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Use Brexit to shake up “irrational” alcohol duty system

Use Brexit to shake up “irrational” alcohol duty system, think-tank says

Published: 06 September 2019
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