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The BBC have reported today:  Theresa May's most senior minister has denied a claim that police found pornography on a computer in his office in Westminster during a raid in 2008. First Secretary of State Damian Green said the ex-police chief's...

Today is our anniversary. The ABC was launched on November 5th 2014 with help from a Millennium Award and BIG Lottery funding. It took two years from the idea being dreamt of, to getting the necessary backing. We saw, th...

The Liberal Democrats have criticised Conservative MPs for blocking proposals to give 16 and 17-year-olds the vote. A parliamentary vote on the issue today was shelved due to a lack of time, after several Conservative MPs made lengthy speec...

Ahead of the next European Vocational Skills Week (20-24 November), European Commissioner Marianne Thyssen highlights the strategic importance of vocational education, training and skills in addressing today's Europe-wide challenges. In addition to a...

Ahead of the start of Living Wage Week (5th – 11th November) and the UK government’s budget, the SNP has called on the Tory government to take action now to bring their National Living Wage up to the level of the Real Living Wage to make...

The government has quietly announced it will be delaying a planned tax cut for self-employed workers by a year. In a ministerial statement today, it was announced that changes to National Insurance including the abolition of Class 2 NICs wi...

Breckland Council, the Wayland Partnership, and Recycle for Norfolk have launched Norfolk's first ever 'Community Fridge'. Supported by the environmental charity Hubbub UK, the Wayland Community Fridge is part of a growing effort to tackle food waste...

One quarter of the UK's retirees 'unretire' back into the workforce, according to researchers from the University of Manchester and King’s College London.    Since the year 2000, the proportion of over-65s in work has doubled to aroun...

Unemployment in the EU continues to fall, however more than one in four of the EU’s working-age population are economically inactive; meaning they are not working, are not seeking work or are not available for work. Furthermore, the vast majori...

The number of nurses and midwives coming to work in Britain from Europe has plunged by 89% since Brexit, figures from the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) have revealed. The figures also show a 67% rise in the number of EU nurses leav...