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The SNP’s Social Justice spokesperson has condemned the UK government’s Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), after Freedom of Information requests revealed that the department spent almost £40m actively fighting appeals made by s...

The popularity of discount supermarkets among UK consumers appears to be showing no sign of letting up with today’s news that German retailer Lidl has overtaken Waitrose to become the seventh biggest supermarket chain. Its popularity with famil...

Frozen benefits, inflation and tax credit cuts are leaving low-income parents without enough cash to look after their children, a “deeply disturbing” study found yesterday. Child Poverty Action Group research shows that working couples ea...

According to the South African opportunities are few and far between for those aged 25 and under who are eligible to find work: A staggering two-thirds of South Africa’s  young workforce can’t find employment. Figures collected by th...

Use of credit and debit cards by UK consumers has accelerated and is growing at the fastest rate since 2008 according to industry group UK Finance. The number of transactions on card grew by 12% over the year to the end of June, with the value of spe...

Shares in doorstep lender Provident Financial have collapsed by 60% after it warned of a "rapid deterioration" in its consumer credit business and cancelled its dividend. Chief executive Peter Crook has stepped down with immediate effect as the group...

The number of disabled motorists has fallen by nearly 80,000 in just two years, prompting fresh criticism of Government reforms to disability benefits. Figures show a 6% fall in disabled people receiving an exemption from vehicle tax since 2015, with...

Chelmsford has been praised for its high economic activity after recent figures released by the Department of Work & Pensions reveals that the city has one of the lowest rates of people claiming out-of-work benefits in Essex. The number of people...

40,000 houses in London are owned by by shell companies and many houses are empty. Houses are bought for speculation. Ordinary Londoners are being driven out of London. Low interest rates are transfering wealth from the poor to the rich. The London h...

Almost 90 per cent of council tenants in receipt of the controversial Universal Credit (UC) benefit are in rent arrears totalling £525,000. South Lanarkshire Council confirmed this week that 633, 87 per cent, of UC tenants are struggling to pay...