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Benefit fears ‘put people off volunteering’

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 »

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Electoral reformers warn politics is being forced into the centre ground
Electoral system ‘distorts politics’

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 »