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John Lewis hiring 10,400 workers for Christmas with up to £14.80 an hour pay
6+ day, 17+ hour ago (377+ words) John Lewis is hiring 10,400 festive workers paying up to £14.80 an hour. 6,000 jobs are up for grabs at Waitrose‘s 320 branches and 2,600 at John Lewis‘s 36 shops. A further 1,800 vacancies will support the firm’s distribution centres and supply chain. Pay for…...
DWP confirms new '16 hours a week' rule for benefits claimants
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (329+ words) The Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed ambitious plans to offer benefits claimants 16-hour to 35-hour work placements to get them off welfare. Opening Shift is a new DWP and retail industry work experience programme for 18 to 24-year-old NEETs,…...
Houses near top state secondary schools cost £40,500 more
1+ week, 5+ day ago (340+ words) in premium Houses near top state secondary schools cost £40,000 more, according to new data. Yopa said the average home in postcodes home to a top 50 state secondary school has a price tag of £415,791. This was £40,574 more expensive than the average…...
Parents sacrificing essentials to afford their children's back-to-school items
2+ week, 5+ day ago (552+ words) More than a third of parents in the West Midlands are sacrificing essential goods to be able to afford back-to-school items, shocking research has revealed (file image)(Image: David Jones/PA Wire) Save the Children and the Baby Bank Alliance…...
Morrisons confirms big change for DWP benefits claimants from September
2+ week, 6+ day ago (355+ words) Morrisons plans take on 1,000 apprentices where you can get paid while you learn. A major UK supermarket has made a major change in conjunction with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Morrisons plans to take on 1,000 apprentices where you…...
Nationwide issues £300-a-week warning for customers ahead of September
3+ week, 6+ day ago (295+ words) Nationwide has warned money worries are the biggest university regret facing students today. Money mistakes dominate students’ biggest regrets, Nationwide FlexStudent research reveals. Noise, stolen food and mess spark the most house-share fallouts, the building society, which has branches in…...
Kids in care costing council half-a-million pounds per week
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (395+ words) Care placement for young people from Dudley comes at a high price as demand increases(Image: ChayTee via Getty Images) Dudley Council spends more than half a million pounds each week on external residential housing for children in care. The…...