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US employers added a robust 235,000 jobs in February and wages rose at a healthy clip, a sign the economy remains on solid footing after nearly eight years of recovery. The Labor Department says the unemployment rate fell to 4.7 percent from 4.8...

Business East 2017 exhibition at the Western Homes Stadium, home of Colchester United, kicked off with a very impressive speaker - Mandie Holgate. Mandie is a professional business coach, author and noted public speaker. Mandie certainly ‘...

A Havant resident has been convicted of anti-social behaviour and causing a nuisance through excessive noise. Lisa Horstead, 40 years old, of Athena Avenue, Waterlooville, was handed a three-year Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) by Portsmouth Magistrat...

Digs are a campaign for a better deal for people renting in Hackney and beyond. The ABC was founded with our first campaign idea to stop discrimination against people on benefits by landlords and their agents. 'No DSS' seen in property advertise...

1. The economic forecast Growth in the UK economy picked up through 2016. Employment has reached a record high of 31.8 million people. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) now forecasts that the UK economy will grow by 2% in 2017. The OBR&...

A cafe criticised for making trainees work unpaid for 40 hours, without a guaranteed job, has given in to public pressure and started paying training staff wages.  Mooboo Bubble Tea - which sells the Taiwanese drink topped with tapioca ball...

Lots of comments about the budget. Too many to form an opinion.  The Lib Dems have pointed out, that on Monday 13th March, there will be 2p added to the tax on a pint, 10p to a bottle of wine and 30p on a bottle of whisky. This is what the Econo...

We have been working to assist a caller today about where to send his ‘Fit Note’ as DWP addresses have been changing? Having recently sent what was previously known as a ‘sick note’ into the JCP/DWP in Glasgow - the same addre...

The Chancellor is due to deliver this year's Budget today.  Philip Hammond will start just after midday, once Prime Minister's Questions have finished. You can watch the budget live below:

As part of our International Womens Day offer we are publishing this report by Nick Tyrone of the Radix think tank. Radix is a think tank for the radical centre of contemporary politics. Their aim is to re-imagine the way government, i...