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Serious systematic problems exist with the new Universal Credit system according to a letter issued today by MSPs on the Scottish Parliament’s Social Security Committee. Problems which will only get worse as a result of the UK Government&r...

Housing policy across Europe faces many challenges. In particular, a growing and increasingly diverse demand for decent homes for everyone, especially among more vulnerable groups such as the elderly, those on low wages or with disabilities, refugees...

Unemployed people received twice as many benefit sanctions as the DWP are willing to admit, according to new research. There were 300,000 sanctions imposed on unemployed people in the UK in the year to September 2016, double the number reported by th...

Havant Borough Council (HBC) is freezing council tax for the eighth consecutive year they tell us. The council has achieved financial sustainability without significant service reduction, despite the continuing fall in central government grants. HBC...

We contacted the TUC when we started out, and we humbly asked could the ABC be recognised in some way? We are not a union as we do not do collective bargaining, but recognition as a 'workers association' would have been much appreciated. I was NOT ma...

Small businesses in the North of England could soon receive loans of up to £750,000, as the government-backed British Business Bank (BBB) announces the launch of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund. Financed by the BBB and the European...

The EU countries are hugely important trade partners for the UK. In 2016, the EU for 48% of goods exports from the UK, while goods imports from the EU were worth more than imports from the rest of the world combined. For exports, trade in goods and s...

Dutch election is the collapse of the center left, and it goes a long way to explaining why the country’s politics are in turmoil. Low-income voters, angry at Labour for selling out, are abandoning the second-largest party i...

Binge eating disorder is an illness where people overeat on a regular basis. A binge is an episode of excessive eating or drinking. People who binge eat very large quantities of food over a short period-of-time, even when they're not hungry. Sig...

The Universal Credit Programme, led by Neil Couling, has completed the national roll-out of the Live Service say the DWP, and is rolling out the Full Service to a further 5 jobcentres each month. There are now 450,000 claimants on Universal Credit th...