Colton Haynes Got Married and You Won’t Believe the Guest List

The star of Arrow, Teen Wolf, and American Horror Story wed Jeff Leatham in an elaborate ceremony officiated by Kris Jenner.

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Hillfoot Train Station Death Sparks Police Appeal For Help In Identifying Mystery Man
Police are appealing for help to identify a man who died after being hit by a train in Glasgow on Friday.

The man, who is in his mid twenties and has a heavy build, died shortly before 8.15pm at Hillfoot Station.

Police said that “extensive enquiries” have been undertaken in order to identify the man, but to no avail.

His death is not being treated as suspicious.

The man is described as approximately 5ft8, with facial stubble and short brown hair.

He was wearing a grey North Face top with a Mountain Athletics logo on the front, a white Nike t-shirt, dark grey jogging pants and white Nike trainers and was also carrying a black Nike rucksack.

British Transport Police is now appealing for information which could lead to the man being identified.

Anyone with any information is asked to get in touch by sending a text to 61016 or by calling 0800 40 50 40 quoting reference 592 of 27/10/2017.

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111 Clever and Nearly Naked Halloweenie Photos

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Kathy Griffin goes after Andy Cohen and TMZ’s Harvey Levin in SEARING YouTube video
…including the reason she’ll never do Andy’s show again.

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Self-Employed Universal Credit Claimants Told They’re ‘Better Off Jobless’
Universal Credit have been told by government advisors they’d be better off jobless, risking further turmoil for the crisis-hit benefit reform.

The shock advice emerged as thousands of sole traders, from window cleaners to hairdressers and others, move onto the flagship programme to receive entitlements such as working tax credits.

But the changes introduce demands so stringent some entrepreneurs are being told they may as well shut down their business and sign on to the dole, while others say strict rules have left them reliant on food banks and charity handouts.

In messages seen by HuffPost UK, one claimant was told by an official they “would not have a sanction applied” if he chose to end his trade and became unemployed.

said in August: “The incentives and support we have put in place are helping people into work and to stay in work, contributing to the UK’s record-high employment rate.”

And former Prime Minister David Cameron, who oversaw the reforms in Downing Street, once urged “more people to make a job than take a job”.

But the Federation of Small Businesses, which represents traders, told HuffPost: “As it stands, Universal Credit poses a real threat to entrepreneurship in the UK.”

As it stands, Universal Credit poses a real threat to entrepreneurship in the UKFederation of Small Businesses

HuffPost revealed last week how a “hidden” clause restricting in-work benefits has begun to affect some of the 800,000 strivers who, according to an influential think tank, will eventually be required to move onto the new system.

Universal Credit has already been plagued by problems, including a perilous six week wait in payments, a surge in the use of loan sharks and food banks, and rip-off fees to call its helpline.

Now more than a dozen traders on the flagship programme have told HuffPost how the system’s treatment of the self-employed has left them struggling to keep afloat.

‘They’ve backed me into a corner’

Welder Andy White, from Gorleston, Norfolk, said the imposition of a ‘minimum income floor’ (MIF), whereby the government expects traders to earn at least £1,049 a month or see in-work benefits deducted, has left his family with less than £100 a month after paying rent.

figures from the Office for Budget Responsibility.

“It’s been a tough few months and I haven’t earned anywhere near the fictitious income level they’ve demanded,” White told HuffPost. “I’ve paid into National Insurance for years and years, yet now I need a little help it’s not there.”

White has had to rely on food banks and charities to support his partner and their child.

One advisor told us he was off for two weeks in the Maldives while we were explaining to him we were going to food banksAndy White, Norfolk

After being told of the MIF, White proposed a new business structure which would see his partner handle marketing and spending up to 16 hours a week drumming up new business.

“They just didn’t want to know. In their eyes, my partner wouldn’t be gainfully employed,” he said.

“We’ve been treated disgracefully by the job centre,” White, who has been a welder for over a decade, added. “One advisor told us he was off for two weeks in the Maldives while we were explaining to him we were going to food banks.”

Despite the promise of work in the coming weeks, the family’s dire finances are so pressing White said he has been forced to consider leaving the family home or closing down his business, despite years of experience as a metal fabricator.

“If I moved out, my partner would be a single parent and we wouldn’t be on the same claim,” he said.

Message logs from White’s online account reveal weeks of conversations with Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) advisors over his options.

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‘I feel like giving up’

Retailer Nicola Smith said the rules are so arduous she is now considering shutting her shop in Kendal town centre despite years remaining on the lease.

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But with the 12-month deadline approaching, a DWP advisor explained to her that she would need to prove she was earning the equivalent of the Living Wage full-time or face penalties, dubbed “sanctions” by officials.

“They said that because I was only just managing to break even, I’d be better off with the job-seeking element of Universal Credit,” Ledlow said. “They didn’t seem to realise that breaking even is an achievement for a new business. They just think I should be earning £1049 a month minimum.”

“They are saying that I need to find another primary source of income or face sanctions for housing and tax credits,” she added. “It was as though any old job would do.”

Ledlow became self-employed after suffering poor mental health. She is able to manufacture jewellery at home and go out to sell items on market stalls and on the internet.

“This is working for me,” she said. “I’m not earning thousands but I’m spending as much as I’m earning at the moment.”

She hopes Christmas will see her make a profit for the first time, but points out that monthly reporting means that a few good weeks of trading won’t prevent the MIF being imposed.

“I just need a little boost to help me along, that’s all I’m asking for,” she said.

‘I have no safety net, they have taken it away’

Other self-employed people who contacted HuffPost included roofers, joiners, taxi drivers and even actors, demonstrating the breadth and scale of the issues with Universal Credit across the country.

Facebook groups dedicated to the reform’s affect on the self-employed are growing, as the roll out of Universal Credit full service gathers pace.