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UC UPLIFT- Communities Minister Hargey urges DWP to retain £20 UC uplift. Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has urged the Westminster government to retain the £20 uplift to Universal Credit and Working Tax Credits. In a letter to Thérèse Coffe...

RADIO APPEARANCE - To celebrate the start of the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Nita will be joined on City Talk tonight by Essex Area Ambassador and founder of abcorg.net, Simon Collyer, who will help us look forward to the exciting sports events that...

TRANSPORT - Privatization of the bus sector in England outside London, Scotland, and Wales has delivered a service that is expensive, unreliable, and dysfunctional, said New York University human rights expert, Philip Alston, in a new...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE - We were invited to take part in a BBC Essex feature about Adult Social Care but arrived back too late to take part in a recording for a show going out at 09:00 tomorrow (20/07/2021).  Our concern is this is being rushed out w...

UK GOVERNMENTS TREATMENT OF CLAIMANTS CHALLENGED - We came across this excellent article below, which exactly reflects how the Tory government have treated benefit claimants since 2012. How deliberate and cruel policies have led to so many deaths and...

UNION ACTION - Unite Community Members Led Day of Action on Universal Credit 14th July 2021. Unite Community are having a members led national day of Action on Wednesday 14th July 2021 with local actions & street stalls in the community and a sum...

UNIVERSAL CREDIT PROPOSED CUT - The Northern Research Group (NRG) is a group founded by several Conservative MPs in the United Kingdom candidates elected to represent constituencies in northern England, Wales, and the Scottish borders in the 2019 gen...

UNIVERSAL CREDIT - Simon Collyer ABC founder appeared on the Sadie 9 show on BBC Essex 08/07/2021. The government has announced the new rates of Universal Credit after the £20 pw uplift has been removed.  Simon has argued due to skyrocketti...

UNIVERSAL CREDIT - The Chancellor has been urged by former welfare chiefs and two leading think-tanks to keep the £5 billion investment made during the pandemic that is keeping Britain’s welfare system afloat, amid...

YOUNG CARERS -  A new report has found that young carers in Scotland are being pushed into poverty and Tory plans to cut Universal Credit could push them even further. The University of the West of Scotland-Oxfam report praised the Scottish...