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The UK labour market is tightening, with employers finding it harder to recruit staff, according to a survey carried out by market research firm Markit for the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC). It showed that pay rates for both permanen...

British Gas will increase electricity prices by 12.5% from September, the company announced yesterday. The change is expected to affect 3.1 million customers, but the most ‘vulnerable customers’ would be protected against the rise, as Bri...

The Government has been urged to delay the introduction of radical changes to the benefits system amid fears it will plunge families into debt over Christmas. MPs have written a letter calling on the Department for Work and Pensions to rethink p...

Iceland not only booted England out of the European Soccer Championship, but also outscores the entire EU in terms of gender equality in rankings by the World Economic Forum, U.N. Women and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.&...

Salaries of FTSE100 bosses fell by nearly a fifth last year, but a 'huge gap' still remains between them and their staff, a report by the High Pay Centre and the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has revealed. The fall in pay wa...

Universal Credit will be introduced in Northern Ireland on a phased geographical basis from 27 September 2017. As it reaches the respective geographical areas, people living in those areas will be able to make a claim to Universal Credit instead of h...

The cruel regime created by Iain Duncan Smith is slowly being dismantled.  Thousands of benefit claimants have won what is a major legal victory over the Tory government's welfare program. This was a case was brought by two disabled women who ch...

White collar crime prosecutions fell from 9,489 in 2015 to 8,304 last year. Since 2011, when there were 11,261 prosecutions, there has been a 26% drop in prosecutions. Meanwhile the number of reported fraud offences increased 4% in the last year, to...

Eurozone is on the up while Britain gets Brexit blues — but each needs the other to thrive. Contrary to appearances, this is good news for Britain. But it also illustrates what the British economy stands to lose from Brexit. Some see the contra...

The latest data on deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales for 2016 has been published today.  Over half (54%) of all deaths related to drug poisoning in 2016 involved an opiate (mainly heroin and / or morphine), while people aged...