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Waltham Forest News: Council tells Government it should be allowed to keep publishing rule-breaking paper......
Waltham Forest News costs the taxpayer £440,000 a year to print. Click here to read more.
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Government spending on private firms carrying out ‘brutal’ disability benefit assessments soared by £40m in a year......
Campaigners say amount paid to Independent Assessment Services and Capita for ‘fear-provoking and destabilising’ assessments is ‘damning’. Click here to read more.
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Number of social homes to fall by 230,000 by 2020, analysis reveals......
The Chartered Institute of Housing says 79 per cent of the Government’s homes budget up to 2020/21 will go towards private housing, while only 21 per cent will be spent on affordable homes. Click here to read more.
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TUC: UK health and safety regulations break international law......
In 2015, the Government pushed through a law that exempted a large number of self employed people from the protection of the Health and Safety at Work Act. Click here to read more.
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TUC: London, East and South East LGBT History Month Event......
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Waltham Forest ‘one of hardest places in UK to get on property ladder’, new study claims......
A first-time buyer review by Halifax found the borough is the seventh-least affordable place in the UK for first-time buyers. Click here to read more.
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