Christian doctor in transgender row ‘was not suspended from work’, tribunal told
A Christian doctor who refused to call transgender women “she” chose to leave work and was not suspended from his post, an employment tribunal has heard.
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Universal Credit changes ‘deeply alarming’, Amber Rudd warned
The scrapping of start-date protections under Universal Credit (UC) is “deeply alarming”, the DWP has been told.
UK violating its human rights obligations, says UN poverty expert
The UK has violated its human rights obligations through sustained and widespread cuts to social support, a UN poverty expert has claimed.
DWP bosses defend Universal Credit in grilling by MSPs
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has defended Universal Credit despite a sharp rise in people left unable to pay their rent in the parts of Scotland where the benefit was first launched.
A nasty piece of work: Privatising job centres costs taxpayers £11 BILLION over estimate
PRIVATISING the management of hundreds of job centres has cost taxpayers £11 billion more than ministers promised, we can reveal.
MS sufferer slams ‘awful’ benefits chiefs who axed her Motability car in favour of £65,000 taxis
BENEFITS bosses axed a disabled woman’s Motability car to save cash – but then agreed to pay out £65,000 to taxi her to and from work.