The UK’s universal credit programme, which aims to roll six forms of state welfare including unemployment and housing benefits into one, was launched in 2010 with the aim of supporting people to work.

The site once held a prisoner-of-war camp and a cholera hospital before being converted into a Victorian workhouse, archaeologists said. Screengrab from Cotswold Archaeology's Facebook post Along the ...

You can help those in need in the run up to Christmas by making a donation to a National Trust property’s festive appeal.

LONDON (Reuters) - The National Archives and the National Trust launched a new Web site on Wednesday offering a glimpse into the often cruel life of a workhouse in the Victorian age. Workhouses were ...

MPs are calling for major reform to working practices and corporate governance at Sports Direct, after publishing a damning report comparing working conditions at the retailer's warehouses to "a ...

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Along the River Avon in southwest England, the city of Bristol has centuries of history. The harbor town was first incorporated in 1155, and soon became a major port through the export of wool from ...