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Anderida Adolescent Care's operational director and head of therapies, Kerry Shoesmith, recently spoke to The Leaders Council about how her organisation seeks to uphold and promote non-violent resistance [NVR] as a psychological intervention.

In an interview with The Sun, IncomeMax founder, Lee Healey, has explained the changes that people can expect to their benefit payments when the cost-of-living payments from the government start from July.

Writing on the APPTIQ blog, company MD Luke Woods explores how a mobile application can form an additional level of connection between businesses and their client base, and ultimately benefit everyone.

The Sailing Volupia team has raised £1,500 for the Friends & Families charity, after being sponsored for completing the 26-mile Eddystone Sailing Pursuit.

Since its 2011 establishment, social enterprise IncomeMax has worked with EDF to help support low income and vulnerable people in better managing their finances, and in just a decade has helped those in need access £11 million in unclaimed benefits to boost their income.

From mid-June this year, AKA Case Management has signed up for a six-month pilot scheme of the four-day working week.

The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Maros Šefčovič has said that the bloc will not “negotiate on the basis” of the UK government’s Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, which he called an illegal effort by Westminster to “change the game and decide what enters the EU single market.”

The UK has pledged to provide Ukraine with a further £1 billion in military aid, while foreign secretary Liz Truss has urged Western allies to support Taiwan in ensuring it can defend itself against an incursion by China.

The UK government has confirmed that tariffs on steel imports will be extended for two more years having been due to expire, a move which the international trade secretary said was “in the national interest”.

Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions in the absence of Boris Johnson, deputy PM Dominic Raab has reiterated the UK government’s insistence that “now is not the time” for another Scottish independence referendum.

Investment guru Mike LeGassick recently joined Scott Challinor on The Leaders Council Podcast to highlight and clarify some key aspects of investing that from an advisor’s perspective, every investor ought to be aware of.

UK defence secretary Ben Wallace has called for an increase to the defence budget, in the wake of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon has set a target date of October 19, 2023, to hold a second referendum on Scottish independence.

On Monday, MPs gave initial support to the government’s Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, which will enable the government to override parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol within the Brexit deal with the EU.