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RETHINK ON HOUSING BENEFIT CAP FOR ELDERLY AND VULNERABLE
More than 700,000 people in supported housing usually have the accommodation element of their costs met entirely through housing benefit... READ MORE›
THE TORIES ARE IGNORING THE WORSENING CRISES IN SOCIAL CARE, HEALTH AND WELFARE
Faced with the double dilemma of a growing elderly population and chronic underfunding from central government, the social care system in Britain is at breaking point... READ MORE›
IRISH COMPANIES NEED GOVERNMENT HELP TO WEATHER BREXIT, BUSINESS BODY SAYS
Even in a best outcome scenario margins will be tighter in new markets and cash-flow needs will increase... READ MORE›
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A LESSON FROM HURRICANE IRMA CAPITALISM CANT SAVE THE PLANET IT CAN ONLY DESTROY IT
The environmental crisis demands a new ethics, politics and economics... READ MORE›
WHERE THE NEXT CRISIS WILL COME FROM
The world's banks are mostly stronger now than they were on the eve of the last financial crisis, but there are important exceptions... READ MORE›
TAX CHANGES COULD COST UK PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS 30% OF SALARY
Tax changes could cost UK public sector workers 30 percent of salary... READ MORE›
ONE IN SIX JOBSEEKERS HAVE ALLOWANCE STOPPED BY DWP EACH YEAR
The figures contradict official claims that only a small minority of jobseekers have been affected by the government's increasingly severe welfare policies... READ MORE›
ETHIOPIA'S CRACKDOWN ON DISSENT TAKES RISING TOLL
Politicians held over protests as PM says anti-peace forces spreading false information about investment zone plan... READ MORE›
ONCE THE WORLD'S LARGEST, UBS TRADING FLOOR NOW NEARLY VACANT
Many of the traders were moved back to Manhattan after the financial crisis as rents in the city fell... READ MORE›
CHILDREN'S SERVICES MORE THAN ?600M IN THE RED, WARN COUNCILS
Councils will receive more than ?200bn for local services, including children's social care, up to 2020... READ MORE›
BIG DATA EXPOSES HOW POLITICALLY CONNECTED TRADERS CASHED IN DURING THE FINANCIAL CRISIS
The second study looked at whether bank executives knew the financial crisis was coming in the first place... READ MORE›
EIGHT YEARS AFTER THEY HELPED WRECK THE ECONOMY IRELAND SENDS 3 BANKERS TO JAIL
Willie McAteer, former finance director at the now-defunct Anglo Irish Bank, got 42 months... READ MORE›
MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS REQUIRE FUNDING CERTAINTY TO AVERT 'CATASTROPHE'
Advocacy groups will be calling on the federal government on Wednesday to create a 10-year plan to tackle mental health illness... READ MORE›
GOVERNMENT TO OFFER HOMELESS FAMILIES IN DUBLIN THE CHANCE OF HOUSE IN RURAL COUNTIES
The government will offer homeless families from Dublin the chance of a house in rural counties, in a radical bid to ease the current crisis... READ MORE›
WHAT FATE AWAITS THE ONES SET FREE?
There was huge relief when 82 of the girls kidnapped by Islamist militants Boko Haram in Chibok, north-east Nigeria, in 2014 were freed on Saturday... READ MORE›
LAWMAKERS WHO OWNED BANK STOCK WERE MORE LIKELY TO VOTE FOR WALL STREET BAILOUT
Amid the 2008 financial crisis, congressional lawmakers passed a bill providing 700 billion of direct support to major banks... READ MORE›
GLENCORE YET TO PUT UP ALL WARNING SIGNS A YEAR AFTER ALERT
Statements from the government and Glencore have been inconsistent on the extent of the contamination problem... READ MORE›
VENEZUELA IS IN CRISIS: WHERE IS ALL THIS HEADING?
Earlier this year, the government, through the top court, tried to take away all powers of the National Assembly... READ MORE›
'FLOODGATES OPEN' TO PAY CLAIMS AFTER GARDAI OFFERED SPECIAL DEAL
'floodgates open' to pay claims after gardai offered special..... READ MORE›
THE HIGH SOCIAL COST OF DOWNSIZING THE STATE
This means finding better ways of funding local services, rather than depending on unpredictable government grants... READ MORE›
TO UNDERSTAND GREEK AUSTERITY, YOU SHOULD SEE GEORGE VICHAS' CLINIC
Athens One by one the victims of Greek austerity arrive at George Vichas clinic... READ MORE›
CHINA ADVISERS RECOMMEND 7 PERCENT GROWTH GOAL IN 2015 AS LEADERS MEET
We recommended a growth target of around seven percent, said Zhu Baoliang, chief economist at the State Information Centre, a top government think-tank... READ MORE›
CIVILIAN DEATHS IN SUSPECTED IDLIB CHEMICAL ATTACK
Syria's government officially joined the Chemical Weapons Convention and turned over its chemical arsenal in 2013, as part of a deal to avert US military action... READ MORE›
COMMENT: THE GOVERNMENT STILL DOESNT GET CHILDCARE
Despite the 2015 Budget's huge increase in childcare spending the government still isn't addressing the key problems with childcare... READ MORE›
'STUNNED RESIGNATION': READERS' EXPERIENCES OF THE TURKEY COUP ATTEMPT
We asked people living in Turkey how they have been affected by the military coup attempt. Here they share their experiences... READ MORE›
FRAGMENTED POST-RECESSION EUROPE HARDER TO GOVERN
On average, far-right parties increased their vote share by 30 percent in the five years after a financial crisis, the data show... READ MORE›
DON'T LET ANGRY POLITICS SMASH ALL THAT WORKS IN AMERICA
Today, we blame the government, portraying it as a bureaucratic Satan... READ MORE›
IN A TIME OF AUSTERITY, DO THE UK'S CHILDREN HAVE TO SUFFER?
Posted 31 10 2014 17 50 GMT Updated 31 10 2014 17 59 GMT Comment In 2010, in the midst of the financial crisis, a legal commitment to eliminate child poverty by 2020 was made... READ MORE›
23-YEAR-OLD MAN KILLED IN CO LOUTH CAR ACCIDENT
The government has defended itself as new figures confirm almost 200,000 houses remain empty around the country during a homelessness crisis... READ MORE›
GOVERNMENT 'FORCED' TO SET UP EUR1.5BN REDRESS SCHEME FOR ABUSE VICTIMS, CLAIMS CONGREGATION
A EUR1.5 billion redress scheme set up for victims of clerical abuse was only established because Ireland's government had no choice, a Catholic congregation has claimed... READ MORE›
ZERO HOURS CONTRACTS TO BE STUDIED
Mr Nash said If this study finds such work contracts have a serious and detrimental impact on our citizens, then the Government will act... READ MORE›
OREGON MILITIA TAKING A STAND
Why had he not defended the Hammonds against the federal government?... READ MORE›
WASHINGTON WANTS TO SCREW BANKERS OUT OF THEIR SUMMER HOMES
Current rules call for deferring one-third of the compensation for Wall Street's big earners for three years... READ MORE›