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Tory cuts will increase child poverty : Iain Duncan Smith, Tory minister for work and pensions, has again revealed the clear class warfare at the heart of the coalition government's policies. He wants to limit child benefit to two children for unemployed parents. The government's own figures ...

Housing benefit cuts will dump poorest families on the street, watchdog warns : Housing benefit cuts will plunge poor tenants deeper into poverty and dump the poorest families on the street, Whitehall's spending watchdog will warn today. The changes are set to cause a shortage of affordable home across half the country within five ... United Kingdom | Ireland | America | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

Stop Expecting Me to Do Your Job for You : It's not just down to me to tackle poverty . It's not just down to me individually, to my organisation, or to the UK . The sooner we stop abdicating responsibility and expecting 'someone' to sort it all out, the better. Because there is no 'they' in the ...

Wellington's $34m social housing block opens : The Central Park Apartments in Brooklyn are part of a joint $400 million programme by the Wellington City Council and Government to upgrade social housing in the capital over the next 20 years. The refurbishment of the apartments cost $34 million, but ... 3News NZ

Britain's £180m annual aid budget to Afghanistan being wasted, MPs warn A spokesman for Dfid said the department was committed to effective development work that alleviated poverty and assisted vulnerable groups. "We agree that women's rights should be at the heart of our work in Afghanistan. UK funding is already making a ...

French women kiss at anti-gay rally; Sicily's gay governor : The UK publication The Independent recently spotlighted a returning trend in gay British clubs: hip-hop nights. The events—which organizers claim to be the UK's first pure hip-hop gay nights for several years—come as the urban music scene has been ... Windy City Times

Gay students 'feel excluded from sports at university' : New figures show that only one third of gay or transgender students participate in team sports and many of those that do hide their sexuality. The Out in Sport report, published today by the NUS, urged sports teams to publicly demonstrate their ...

Survey: LGBT retirees have almost a third more in the bank than the overall US ... On average, people from the LGBT community had set aside more money ahead of retirement, and expected to need more money in retirement than the overall population, a study has shown. A survey released earlier this year by Wells Fargo found that the ...

New homeless rules a 'profound and astonishing' shift in housing policy : On 17 October 2012, any notions of a safety net were finally blown away by the announcement that in November the " homelessness suitability of accommodation ( England ) order" will come into force. All of us working in housing have known this was coming ... The Guardian

Gene Hackman, 82, 'hits homeless man across the face after his wife ... The 82-year-old allegedly slapped a man called Bruce Becker across the face, after he approached the couple outside a restaurant in New Mexico, where they ...

UK funding of Iran's anti-drug trafficking leads to more hangings : UK funding of Iran's anti- drug trafficking leads to more hangings. Monday, 29 October 2012. Iran executed 10 drug traffickers in a prison in Tehran last Monday, despite repeated calls from Amnesty International to halt such hangings. (AFP) ... Al-Arabiya

Northamptonshire Police commissioner candidates And then there were four. The race to be named Northamptonshire's first Police and Crime Commissioner has been plunged into fresh chaos after Labour withdrew its support for Lee Barron following the revelation he had been fined £20 in 1990 following a ...

Three Men Arrested for UK Phishing Campaign : The UK's Police Central e- Crime Unit (PCeU) and the Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA) have charged three men with conspiracy to defraud UK banks and money laundering. "One Nigerian and two Romanian men were arrested at a central London ... eSecurity Planet

Three quizzed by police over fake banking websites : "The dynamic nature and successful outcome of this operation, which has prevented distress and financial loss to numerous UK victims, clearly demonstrates the benefit of brigading resources and expertise in this increasing and specialist area of ... Evening Standard

Angela Epstein's furious attack on the Government: 'My family is losing child ... As part of the Coalition's austerity programme of spending cuts, a million households in the UK — the wealthiest 15 per cent — will soon wave goodbye to this helping hand. In a disgraceful act of financial myopia, the Government is axing or partially ...

Child benefit cut 'could cost some families £50000' : HMRC says only the income of the person living in the UK will be taken into account when it decides whether a household's child benefit should be reduced. Some media sources have also reported the changes may be illegal under EU law because it could ... The Guardian

Report highlights ongoing violence : But the report, carried out by the charity Rights of Women and the Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit (CWASU) at London Metropolitan University, found that although they wanted this contact to only be if they and their children were physically and ... United Kingdom | Ireland | America | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

I want city to lead on child care : LABOUR mayoral candidate Marvin Rees says he aims to make Bristol the best city in Britain for childcare. He said he wants to give women a chance to return to work but are currently unable to do so because they cannot find child care at the right times ...

Canadian mother who killed her two children in UK mansion spared jail : “Although the results of Mrs. Boots' actions were profoundly tragic, what occurred was not criminal activity in the sense that expression is normally understood,” said Judge Adrian Fulford, according to U.K. media. “I accept what she did to the two ... National Post

Cutting Child Benefits : One million households are about to receive some fairly disturbing news. Households earning £50,000 or more will have their child benefit either severely reduced or stopped as a result of cuts to help the country dig itself out of the current economic ... Erudition

Warning over child benefit cuts : One million households are receiving letters from the UK tax authority next month, as families where at least one person earns more than £50,000 will have child benefit reduced or stopped from January. article_mpuAdvertisement. Under the new rules, ...

The People's Mosquito continues to build momentum — incorporates as charity The People's Mosquito continues to build momentum — incorporates as charity . Here is a just issued press release from the elite cadre of The People's Mosquito, the bold effort to build a new de Havilland Mosquito for flight in the UK . © 2012 Nick ...

Charity has changed the lives of more than 1600 deaf people : IT IS 30 years since Prince William was born and Michael Jackson's Thriller album hit the shelves. The year was 1982 and, at the same time, world- renowned vet Dr Bruce Fogle and Lady Beatrice Wright of the then Royal National Institute for Deaf People ...

Today's media stories from the papers : BBC seeks link-up with children's charities in wake of Savile scandal. Broadcaster holds discussions with NSPCC and ... BSkyB overtakes TalkTalk to become UK's third biggest broadband provider. Rupert Murdoch group celebrates online success, but ... The Guardian

Hard up animal lovers abandoning thousands more pets : Mr Grant added that with the charity having to do more to help animals in need, they are "struggling to cope", and called for people to donate to the RSPCA. The charity said it is finding it harder to rehome abandoned pets, with 12,711 dogs rehomed in ... Evening Standard

Attitude needs more attitude I'm referring not to the translated articles from the UK but the ones written here. Attitude presents subjects of interest to gay men, and the Thai edition is full of lifestyle consumer products and services - what to buy, where to eat, where to travel ...

Co-morbidity round table - A problem multiplied Line managers have also been trained in how best to handle mental health issues,with the result that 70 per cent of those who spend six months off with such conditions make a sustainable return to work. Among UK businesses as a whole, this figure is ...

Working with the elderly and infirm: a delicate balance of rights The claimant is a registered nurse from Zimbabwe who has been working in the UK since 2004. Earlier ECRCs contained details of a caution administered to the claimant in 2005 for “child cruelty” contrary to section 1 of the Children Act 1933, although ...

Young people with spinal injuries face discharge to homes for elderly people Linda Liebenberg did not expect to be in a home for older people at the age of 32. Nonetheless she spent 20 months living in one after being discharged from hospital, following treatment for a broken neck that had left her paralysed. New research from ...

The Question of Angioplasty in the Elderly As reported in our article, principal investigator Dr. Adam de Belder of the U.K. noted that XIMA — pronounced “Zee-mah” — is also a play on words: in the U.K. the walkers used by elderly people are referred to as “Zimmers”, after the company that ...

Fear of falling makes elderly people stay at home An Age UK report reveals that many elderly people are so afraid of falling that they will not leave their homes. A study conducted by Age UK reveals that more than one in five of the 500 people over 75, interviewed by the Women's Royal Voluntary ...

Four months to get toenails cut The waiting time for foot care from trained NHS providers is so long that elderly residents are being forced to pay for a private carer to do the job instead, a patient group has found. Some care homes have given up referring to the NHS Podiatry ...

Brad Pitt donates $100000 towards equal marriage fight ... towards equal marriage fight. by Scott Roberts for PinkNews.co. uk ... America's largest LGBT rights organisation announced on Wednesday that Pitt had agreed to match contributions from the group's members by up to $100,000. In an e-mail to members ...

Peter Tatchell calls for an end to LGBT deportation In a statement to the press, Peter Tatchell, Director of the Peter Tatchell Foundation, questions the actions of the government in deporting asylum seekers who are clearly LGBT , and says that it goes against pledges made to stop this from happening.

Two thirds of gay students feel excluded from team sports at university Homophobia in school can put gay students off sport for life, according to research by the National Union of Students (NUS). By the time they get to college or university 34.6% of lesbian , gay , bisexual and transgender ( LGBT ) students said they were ...

UK: Gay sport stars lend support to NUS campaign - PinkNews.co.uk England and Surrey cricketer Steven Davies, the sports first openly gay player, is backing the National Union of Students' (NUS) campaign to tackle homophobia in sport, along with gay rugby star Gareth Thomas.