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The Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Regina Doherty, T.D., and Minister of State with special responsibility for Disabilities, Finian McGrath, T.D., today officially launched the WALK REAL Ability Project for WALK, the Walkinsto...

With all the Brexit talk being about the Irish Back Stop we have published these figures. One the drivers of civil unrest during the period known as, The Troubles was caused by high unemployment. The UK government tried to resolve this issue but was...

Simon Collyer, ABC founder appeared today on BBC Essex Radio and he was interviewed about Bus Gates? Not quite ABC business except that fines of any description are incredibly difficult to finance if you are on benefits.  This what the case was...

This evening Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran will use the Adjournment Debate to bring a Bill to parliament that would see the 1824 Vagrancy Act repealed. The Vagrancy Act currently criminalises those that sleep or beg on the streets. Commenting ahead...

Simon Collyer (ABC founder)  is appearing on BBC East News today lunchtime and on Wednesday morning on BBC Essex Radio. The topic: 'Bus Gates'. Councils have been collecting millions in 'Bus Gate' fines yet of the four documents downloadable fro...

A Department for Work and Pensions staff member has pleaded guilty to defrauding the public purse to the tune of £41,446.50 by diverting cash into accounts set up using other people’s National Insurance numbers. Caseworker Lauren Wainwright admitted...

Stop and Scrap Universal Credit Haringey Are you in receipt of benefits in Haringey ask organisers? Are you opposed to the introduction of Universal Credit? Do you want to understand what Universal Credit is? Do you advise or support claimants? If so...

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The Department for Work and Pensions’ in-house IT company BPDTS Ltd has begun 2019 with a boardroom shake-up, with two additions to its top table – including a new chair. Mayank Prakash is stepping down from his directorship of the government company...

The Resolution Foundation has produced a new report: Setting the record straight: How record employment has changed the UK. These are the key findings: First, is the employment boom all about migrant labour? No, immigrants have been some of the...