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Confectionery giant Nestle is planning to cut almost 300 jobs, mainly in York and Newcastle, and move production of the Blue Riband chocolate biscuit to Poland.  

A police officer who lied to cover up a £20,000 benefit fraud has been jailed. PC Steven Cook, 38, of West Midlands Police admitted to perverting the course of justice after his girlfriend wrongly claimed housing, income support and tax benefit...

The Conservative MP for Romford has defended cuts to housing benefit after a leading youth homelessness charity said they could drive thousands onto the streets. Andrew Rosindell argued that automatic entitlement to housing benefit risked leading to...

Figures released by the Trussell Trust today (Tuesday) have shown that foodbank use in Scotland has hit new record levels as the impact of failed Tory austerity continues to hit our communities.   The latest statistics from the Trussell Trust sh...

If you are already registered to vote or applied to register to vote before the deadline.  If you are not registered to vote, you will need to register to vote by Monday 22 May to vote at the UK general election. In England, Scotland and Wales y...

“The Electoral Commission has begun an investigation into Leave.EU’s EU Referendum spending return. This followed an assessment which concluded that there were reasonable grounds to suspect that potential offences under the law may have o...

Diageo Cut Jobs In Scotland

Friday 21 April, 2017

The drinks company Diageo has announced plans to cut over 100 jobs in Scotland because of concerns over Brexit, it was reported today, including 70 redundancies in Fife and 35 near Glasgow.

Retail Sales Falling

Friday 21 April, 2017

Vince Cable, who famously predicted the credit crunch, has warned that the recent fall in retail sales are a sign the "post-Brexit honeymoon" for the UK economy is coming to an end. Figures out today have shown UK retail sales saw their biggest quart...

ABC Directory Makes Good Progress

Thursday 20 April, 2017

Amongst all the mayhem of BREXIT and the General Election we are pleased to note that out directory has been steadily growing, thanks to the input of our Essex University Student Union student team. Some of the students have continued working over th...

Assuming all goes to plan, Parliament will dissolve on May 2nd.   Colchester Member of Parliament the Rt Hon. Will Quince MP has done a very good job in looking after the ABC and myself personally. With public services run do...

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