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If you want to vote against the Tories and am not sure how best to use your vote, the Liberal Democrats have a tactical voting website. Some Labour supporters and three of its MPs have called for the party to not stand candidates in two con...

The slump in the value of sterling since the EU referendum last June is responsible for 5p of the recent increase in the cost per litre of petrol and diesel, new figures from the Liberal Democrats revealed today. The average price of a litre of petro...

With the French elections almost decided, what is it like to be unemployed in France for expats? Those who are resident in France need to be registered with the French social security system so that they can be sure of the benefits to which they are...

Women’s Equality Party candidate Sharon Lovell today announced that she will contest the Vale of Glamorgan seat in next month’s general election. In response to Labour’s disastrous showing in Wales in the local elections on May 4, L...

Public spending for “Social Protection” started at 0.7 percent of GDP in 1900 and has now reached over 15 percent of GDP. At the beginning of the 20th century, government spent about 0.7 percent of GDP on social protection, almost entirel...

Europe Day is a celebration of peace and unity in Europe that happens annually on May 9. It commemorates the historical Schuman Declaration of May 9, made in 1950 by then French foreign minister Robert Schuman. Schuman proposed the creation...

Pensioners will receive at least an extra £772 per year by 2021 under Liberal Democrat manifesto plans to protect the Triple Lock.  The party are making the commitment to older people unlike the Conservatives who have repeatedly refused to...

The SNP has won the local elections emphatically, with more seats than any other party, an increased and higher share of the vote than any other party and as the largest party in more councils than any other party. Regardless of politics and policies...

Hiring rebounded in April as US employers added 211,000 jobs, a sign the economy’s sluggish growth in the first three months of the year may prove temporary. The Labor Department says the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.4 percent from 4...

Thousands of jobs could go in latest BREXIT challenge.  A four-page European Commission “communication” released Thursday has thrown into doubt whether the U.K. will be able to retain its almost €1 trillion euro-cleari...