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Santander responded to our ‘Iceland’ complaint today. Mr A. placed an order with Iceland for home delivery just after midnight on a Thursday. The payment was approved by the bank at 5:30am in the morning, but Iceland could not deliver til...

The ABC had the chance to talk to the DWP central communications team this morning about the National Audit Office (NAO) report on the roll-out of Universal Credit (UC) today. We have given the DWP a right-to-reply below:  A DWP spokesman said:...

The National Audit Office Report on Universal Credit by Amyas Morse, head of the National Audit Office, 15 June 2018 Universal Credit has taken significantly longer to roll-out than intended, may cost more than the benefits system it replaces,...

The economic output statistics were published today by the Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency. Services Sector Output Output in the services sector increased in real terms (by 0.7%) over the first quarter of 2018 (January to March), wi...

The Government acted 'unlawfully' in denying two men a 'top up' on their Universal Credit claim to account for their severe disability. A judge in London, who was told during a hearing in May that the men have been left unable to meet many of their b...

The Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers’ housing costs (CPIH) 12-month inflation rate was 2.3% in May 2018, up from 2.2% in April 2018. Rising motor fuel prices produced the largest upward contribution to the change in the rate betw...

The Liberal Democrats have welcomed today's ruling by the Supreme Court categorizing Pimlico Plumbers' employees as workers rather than self-employed, meaning they are entitled to basic employment rights such as holiday pay. The ruling is likely to h...

Do visit our ABC Event section. We had recently re-coded the area and we are adding more events all the time: http://www.abcorg.net/events  The Colchester Jobs Fair is on the 20th June 2018, at the Town Hall between 10am and 1pm.It is a goo...

Wandsworth are holding a Job Fair at the Civic Suite on the 15th June 2018, at the Civic Suite between 10am and 2pm. It is a good idea to bring copies of your CV with you as between 17 - 25 companies will be recruiting on the day say the organis...

Eligible employees saved a total of £90.3 billion into workplace pensions in 2017, an increase of £4.3 billion on the total amount saved in 2016, according to research by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Workplace pen...