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The US economy continues to steam along and create jobs. Alas our website was designed for Europe we will be adding other sections when we redevelop it later.  Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 157,000 in July, and the unemployment rate e...

Just an apology - we have had some website issues but we are moving to the latest version of Joomlar (Content Management Software CMS) on Monday. This will be fixed courtesy of our very able 'techie' and Joomlar expert Mike VEECKMANS, Joomb...

We were asked this morning to advice of welfare benefits in Morocco. The lady could not speak English but we can provide this help if her daughter will translate.   After more than a decade of wrangling between unions, employers and the governme...

Civil Service employment on 31 March 2018 was 430,075, up 10,676 (2.5%) on 31 March 2017. There were 331,392 full-time civil servants, 10,229 (3.2%) more than 31 March 2017 and the number of civil servants working part-time increased by 447 (0.5%) to...

As the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions completes a whistle-stop tour of Scotland, including visits to Stirling and Fife, the SNP has challenged her to come face to face with people driven into using foodbanks as a result of Tory welfare poli...

Norwich City Council has been recognised for its ongoing commitment to providing excellent homelessness services by being awarded ‘gold standard’ status from the National Practitioner Support Service. Designed to ‘set the bar for ho...

Labour veteran Frank Field — fresh from losing a confidence vote from local party members angry at his stance on Brexit — gives a reminder of what parliament would be missing without him, with a sharp critique of the government’s &l...

Research has shown children with poor vocabulary at age five are more than twice as likely to be unemployed at age 34 as those with good vocabulary, according to the UK education department. A “summit” later this year of businesses, chari...

Supermarket chain Lidl has announced plans to build homes alongside additional schemes to improve the local area around its stores in a bid to win over local authorities over planning permission. The discount retailer stated that it had already suppo...

From September 2017 to December 2017, gross job gains from opening and expanding private sector establishments were 7.8 million. Over this period, gross job losses from closing and contracting private sector establishments were 6.8 million. The diffe...