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Save money on your travel by taking advantage of the free bus pass and other transport concessions for older people. Free older person’s bus pass You can travel free on local buses in England, but the age at which you can apply for your free bu...

Rail commuters in England and Wales are to be hit with the largest annual increase in rail fares in 5 years. The increase of 3.6% is set by the Government and is tied to RPI (Retail Price Index), which is a measure of inflation. The rise only applies...

Public sector workers have been complaining about low pay. The take-home pay of senior civil servants had fallen by 23% in real terms since 2010. The Senior Salaries Review Body that recommends pay increases for senior Whitehall roles has warned that...

The Commission proposed a reform to the Posting of Workers Directive last year to tackle 'social dumping', where workers are sent abroad but paid as though they remained in their home country to avoid higher wages and tougher employment regulations....

Final plans have been published to update DWP’s property estate. The Department for Work and Pensions' estate is to shrink by 20% over the next five years, the Treasury has announced, as part of a wider push to find fresh savings through the se...

Under a proposal contained in the State Pension age review, the State Pension age will increase to 68 between 2037 and 2039. Under current legislation, the State Pension age will rise to 68 between 2044 and 2046. The change, which is subject to parli...

Your home is no longer a castle it seems.  The Conservatives are abolishing the free Support for Mortgage Interest benefit in its current form, replacing it with a loan secured on people’s homes. The unemployed are on risk of being pu...

As part of HMRC’s crackdown on white-collar tax evasion, it has launched 669 in 2016/17 compared to 499 in 2011/12, according to research from law firm Pinsent Masons. Overall, the total number of property raids undertaken by HMRC rose 8%...

Pimlico’s chief executive Charlie Mullins was determined to appeal the case brought by Gary Smith, a self-employed plumber who had worked solely for the business for six years, after the Appeal Court decided he was entitled to basic worke...

During the recent election campaign, I saw both sides of my North-West Durham constituency. On the one side, the beautiful landscape and the helpful, hopeful people who I spoke to knocking on doors and at meetings throughout the vast constituency. On...