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People must speak or be learning English to claim jobseekers allowance, under government plans announced today. Welfare minister Jim Murphy said 40,000 people blame their poor grasp of English for their unemployment and revealed £4.5 million is spent on translators at job centres every year. He told the Work Foundation: “We must utilise the resources… Read more »
All employees in the UK should be able to benefit from flexible working hours, children’s minister Beverly Hughes has said. Under current legislation, only parents with very young or disabled children can apply for flexible working, but this should be extended to all employees Ms Hughes argues. Writing in a new collection of essays published… Read more »
