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A Dad who was paid just 1p in benefits over a 10-week period after switching to the new Universal Credit system has lost his job after he was unable to pay the travel costs. Alastair Campbell reduced his working hours from full-time to part-time in N...

The government has secretly drawn up details of new bulk surveillance powers under the Investigatory Powers Act.  According to the documents all communications companies would be obliged to provide real-time access to the full content of any nam...

Are you 18-30? Not in education, training or employment? Do you live in Colchester or Braintree and want a career that makes a difference? The Princes Trust may have the answer? Join this free 6-week Adult Support Programme and enjoy an employment si...

It’s time to vote in the local elections. For those of you who have not done it before here are some guidelines When you get to the polling station Give your name and address to the staff inside the polling station when you arrive. You don&rsqu...

Both health and social care spending per person are set to fall in the coming years under current government plans, analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has revealed.  The figures predicted that health spending per person will be 1...

Companies are free-riding on the welfare state by using workers who are classed as self-employed as “cheap labour,” a cross-party group of MPs has warned. The Work and Pensions committee has today put the spotlight on the rise of the &ldq...

A debt-ridden young man took his own life shortly after bailiffs clamped the motorcycle that was essential to his work as a courier, an inquest has heard, in a case that has prompted calls for reform of the debt-collection industry. Jerome Rogers, 20...

However you may be spending this Monday — at work or at leisure — we hope it’s a good one.

Commenting on the figures, Robert Gardner, Nationwide's Chief Economist, said: “House prices recorded their second consecutive monthly fall in April, while the annual rate of growth slowed to 2.6%, the weakest since June 2013. “In some re...

The government has admitted that dozens of deaths may be due to suicides linked to PIP’s reassessments, it admitted under questioning from Labour MP Diana Johnson. Work and Pensions Minister Damian Hinds confirmed the government has carried out...