Royal Mail inundated with Christmas job applications

Rising unemployment reflected in deluge of responses – up 10,000 on last year – to advertisements for seasonal vacancies Vacancies for part-time Christmas jobs at the Royal Mail are four times oversubscribed, raising concerns over the state of a job market that saw unemployment rise past 2.5m last month. More …

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U.S. Rep. Speier to take food stamps challenge

About one in seven Americans use food stamps, and U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier wants to experience what it is like to live on a food stamps budget. Starting Monday, Speier, D-San Mateo, will participate in a food stamps challenge in which she will eat on a food budget of $4.50 …

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