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The BBC have said that Labour will "in effect" end the freeze on benefits through a package of reforms in its "first Budget", the shadow chancellor has said. John McDonnell said his proposals would make the freeze "irrelevant", but did not say whethe...

iDaniel Film Maker Ken loach is supporting Labours Momentum. This is what he has to say:  From Ken Loach:  Why you should support Momentum There isn't much time, and we have a lot to do. For the first time in a generation, there is a r...

According to the Tory Party manifesto about 900,000 children from struggling families will lose their right to free school lunches more than 600,000 young children recently defined as coming from “ordinary working families”. The move risk...

The Brexit Secretary David Davis appeared on LBC the morning after Theresa May revealed her party’s manifesto for the forthcoming general election. Part of the document proposes removing the triple lock which was brought in by the coalitio...

Retail sales jump Retail sales rose by more than expected last month, jumping 2.3% from the previous month, according to the Office for National Statistics. April's rebound contrasted with March, when sales saw the biggest drop in seven years. T...

The number of Scots out of work has fallen further, with new figures showing the unemployment rate falling 1.7% over the year to 4.4% - lower than in England, Wales or Northern Ireland. Scotland’s unemployment rate is lower than the rate f...

Misleading job advertising is unfortunately becoming a familiar problem in the world of work. In this case, the ASA found in favour of the recruitment agency. Would you agree with their findings…? We can see why the complaint was brought to th...

Here’s an interesting solution to Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn conundrum says a Politico journalist: MP Frank Field, Chair of the DWP Select Committee a party veteran, reckons MPs could elect their own leader in parliament and form a group call...

National poverty charity Turn2us is drawing attention to the high numbers of people in work who need help to pay their rent and has voiced concern that one in five people entitled to Housing Benefit are not claiming. It points to figures from the Dep...

Theresa May’s big announcement on extension of workers’ rights continued to have the desired effect yesterday, with the story dominating headlines throughout the day and spilling over into this morning’s papers. In addition to annou...