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TFN is published by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh, EH3 6BB. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Registration number SC003558.

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Claims DWP assessors ask: “Why haven’t you killed yourself?”
Mentally ill claimants complain they are being asked to justify why they are are still alive
NEWS 2 March 2017 by Robert Armour
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Pressure mounts on DWP to replace sanctions with warnings
​Influential committee of MPs urge DWP to trial warning system in place of punitive benefit sanctions
NEWS 27 February 2017 by Robert Armour
 
Human rights at heart of new Scottish social security system
Human rights will be an integral part of Scotland's new social security system
NEWS 24 February 2017 by Robert Armour
 
Scottish Government won’t halt hated disability assessments
Despite new welfare powers the DWP will continue to assess disabled people in Scotland
NEWS 22 February 2017 by Robert Armour
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Multi-million pledge to help third sector transform lives
First Minister confirms funding of third sector jobs programme
NEWS 22 February 2017 by Graham Martin
 
Secular society challenges Sunday swimming ban
​Council challenged over shutting public pool on the Sabbath
NEWS 21 February 2017 by Robert Armour
4 comments
 
Bedroom tax: Westminster warned against cutting benefits
Scottish Government seeks "cast iron" commitments from Westminster benefits won't be clawed back
NEWS 20 February 2017 by Robert Armour
 
Scotland’s gender pay gap investigated as progress stalls
MSPs are to explore why it looks set to be more than 50 years before women in Scotland can expect equal pay to men
NEWS 17 February 2017 by Susan Smith
 
Resistance is fertile: take back our world from corporate power
Campaigners working from the grassroots up have the power to change the world, major conference hears
NEWS 17 February 2017 by Graham Martin
 
We’ll defy welfare reform until the bitter end
Paul Clarendon, a founder member of the Rural Welfare Campaign, says he'll only stop direct action when the persecution ends
FEATURE 15 February 2017 by Robert Armour
TFN Guide to Running a Charity or Social Enterprise 2024

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