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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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Disabled claimant takes DWP to court over email
Claimant believes DWP is breaching disability legislation
NEWS 17 January 2017 by Robert Armour
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Rich getting richer at the poor’s expense
Oxfam report highlights "grotesque" inequality in distribution of wealth
NEWS 16 January 2017 by Robert Armour
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Universal Credit leaving people destitute
​Glasgow City Council report says Universal Credit is compromising its services to homeless
NEWS 11 January 2017 by Robert Armour
 
Bid to give asylum seekers the right to work
Glasgow MP will take forward debate in which she will press for asylum seekers to be given right to work
NEWS 11 January 2017 by Robert Armour
 
Hugely successful sleepover raises £500k for social enterprise
Social Bite has announced it raised more than £500,000 from a celebrity sleepover
NEWS 11 January 2017 by Robert Armour
 
Charities savage May’s shared society ‘crocodile tears’
Scottish charities have savaged Theresa May – accusing her of shedding “crocodile tears” as she unveiled her so-called “shared society" vision
NEWS 10 January 2017 by Graham Martin
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More sanctions inevitable with JobCentre closures
Warning JobCentre closures will result in increased hardship for benefit claimants
NEWS 10 January 2017 by Robert Armour
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Police Scotland accused of criminalising country’s Kurds
Police Scotland is running the risk of victimising and criminalising an entire community, Kurdish campaigners have warned
NEWS 10 January 2017 by Graham Martin
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Outrage as DWP directors behind punitive cuts against disabled are awarded CBEs
​Repeated calls for honours system to be overhauled after accusations the UK government is rewarding those willing to undertake its bidding
NEWS 9 January 2017 by Robert Armour
 
Charity will dispel myths about rape and sexual assault
A charity campaign to tackle myths around rape has received funding from the Scottish Government
NEWS 4 January 2017 by Graham Martin
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