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People on benefits are being put off volunteering by fears that it would result in their weekly income being reduced or cut, a survey by Citizens Advice reveals. And the charity warns that organisations dependent on volunteers are missing out on a “vast untapped pool of potential talent”. It urges the government and voluntary groups… Read more »
The Labour leadership is being forced into abandoning its core values and supporters in order to stay in power, electoral reformers warned today. But speakers at a TUC fringe meeting, Make Votes Count, admitted that this was less the government’s fault than the inevitable result of Britain’s electoral system. The Labour government won a third… Read more »