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Official figures released yesterday showed that the number of people in work fell by 56,000 in the three months ending in October. While a total of 325,000 net jobs had been created in the year to October, the latest three months saw a drop in employ...

Labour Future interviews Debbie Abrahams about Universal Credit. 

In 2010, one in four of the working age population was aged 50 and over and this is projected to increase to one in three by 2022. By 2035, people aged 50 and over will comprise half of the UK adult population, according to ONS estimates. But almost...

Need to send a card or small Christmas gift to a friend or loved one? Christmas Eve falls on a Sunday this year. If you’ve left it a little late to send your Christmas gift or card.... These are the latest posting dates.  UK Service  ...

Work & Pensions Committtee 13/12/2017 Agenda Subject: Pension freedom and choice Witnesses: Rich Caddy, Shift Operations Manager, British Steel (Teesside), David Neilly, Plant Process Operator, Tata Steel UK (Port Talbot), Henry Tapper, Director,...

Wholesale gas prices surged Tuesday as cold weather descended across most of the Continent, thanks to the shutdown of the North Sea’s most important oil and gas pipeline system and a fatal explosion at a major gas processing facility in Austria...

The Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers’ housing costs (CPIH) 12-month inflation rate was 2.8% in November 2017, unchanged from October 2017. The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) 12-month rate was 3.1% in November 2017, up from 3.0% in O...

Estimates from the Labour Force Survey show that, between May to July 2017 and August to October 2017, the number of people in work fell, the number of unemployed people also fell, and the number of people aged from 16 to 64 not working and not seeki...

Labour Deputy Leader Tom Watson this week published his Future of Work Commission report outlining targeted proposals seeking to ensure that technological opportunities benefit the whole economy and workforce. In the report Watson calls on society to...

Stirling Council are to create a new group that’ll support residents receiving Universal Credit. The group will focus on how claimants interact with the local authority and how they’re supported by council services. They’ll report b...