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Polls have opened in the Dutch election today and all European eyes are on PM Mark Rutte and far-right leader Geert Wilders. Rutte’s party seemed to get a poll bounce in recent days as he clashed live on TV with his rival.

Fascinating, but depressing, study by two Bank of Italy researchers on “entry wages,” the first pay packets earned by subsequent generations of Italian workers between 1974 and 2014. Their conclusion: “Entry wages started to decline...

A police investigation is underway and a Conservative MP has been interviewed by police over election spending.  MP Craig Mackinlay has been questioned under caution about whether Tories overspent in the 2015 South Thanet campaign against N...

There were almost 5,000 same-sex marriages in the year equal marriage was introduced, new figures from the Office of National Statistics have revealed. The figures show there were 4,850 marriages between same-sex couples in 2014, 44% (2,129) bet...

Stockport Council is warning consumers to be on their guard following a scam email which is making its way around. The email is using a United Partnership signature and has been sent to many people up and down the country and even abroad trying to ga...

Jobseekers across Breckland are being invited to find out more about current vacancies and imminent opportunities by coming along to one of a number of upcoming jobs fairs. The series of jobs fairs will be held across the district and have been organ...

The ABC is doing battle with corporate information giant Wikipedia, over their refusal so far, to allow us to have a Wikipedia page. Our draft page see below, was prepared by a talanted, Essex University student volunteer, Mihaela-Georgiana Mihailesc...

White men are becoming an endangered species in some of the most senior positions in business as firms try to recruit more women and people from minority ethnic backgrounds, Tesco’s chairman has said at the recent Retail Week Live conference. J...

Hundreds of people in Slough could be at risk of falling into homelessness following the effects of the government’s housing benefits cap, per homeless charities. The housing benefits reduction, brought in last November, has seen 571 homes rece...

Jack Monroe is a Guardian food writer, political commentator and mother, who frequently comments on welfare issues such as food banks. Ms Monroe was herself a benefits recipient for eighteen months. Today in court, Monroe successfully won her libel c...