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Breadline Britain: councils fund food banks to plug holes in welfare state

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A Coventry Central Food Bank distribution centre at the Mosaic Church in Hillfields, Coventry.

Local authorities are preparing to invest in charity-run food banks to cope with an expected deluge in demand for crisis help from low income families hit by welfare cuts, raising the spectre of depression-era US “breadlines”. Cuts next year to … Continue reading →

Welsh Government hand ATOS IT Contract….

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The Welsh government has signed a £70m contract with IT services provider  Atos that will extend the long-standing relationship between the parties until  2019. The five-year contract extension begins in 2014 and forms part of the Welsh  government’s ICT strategy … Continue reading →