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David Marr posits, 'This man is perhaps the sanest journalist in Australia. While a lot of attention has focused on political ructions overseas in the last twelve months; Brexit in the UK and the election of Donald Trump in the US, at a rec...

An eye-catching campaign to help council tenants get their finances in order has been launched by Sheffield City Council. Don’t Bury Your Head in the Sand is the message behind the campaign which aims to help tenants manage their money, with ad...

Government advertising campaign launches today to raise lowest paid workers’ knowledge of their rights ahead of the National Minimum and National Living Wage rates rise on 1 April Government advertising campaign goes live across the countr...

The Scottish National Party have called for clarity from the UK government over cuts to Personal Independence Payments (PIPs) which could see around 160,000 disabled people stripped of their financial support. The UK government has announced emergenc...

Economic Affairs Committee Tuesday 28 February 2017 Meeting starts at 3.35pm The Economic Affairs Committee is conducting an inquiry on Brexit and the Labour Market.  The Committee will examine the impact of Brexit on the UK Labour market....

The PM's policy chief has apologised after suggesting anxiety sufferers are not 'really disabled' amid a mounting Tory rebellion over benefits cuts. George Freeman said he 'regretted' causing offence by making the remarks as he defended a shake-up of...

An Edinburgh businessman has admitted collecting identity details from people he deceived into applying for fake jobs at a Glasgow hotel as part of a benefit fraud scheme. Per the BBC last week, Dundee Sheriff Court heard Rory McWhirter admitted usin...

The government must immediately stop suspending the benefits of hundreds of thousands of claimants each year or risk soaring rates of mental health problems. That is the message of an open letter to the Independent signed by representatives...

The Scottish Parliament’s Social Security Committee is seeking views on the Child Poverty (Scotland) Bill. The Committee will be considering evidence during March and April with a view to reporting its views on the general principles of th...

The UK economy may suffer but corporate earnings will boom in 2017: That’s according to Caroline Simmons, deputy head of the U.K. Investment Office at UBS Wealth Management. She told me that earnings from FTSE 100 companies shoul...