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Twenty-one months into deep recession a new and untried Coalition government chose deficit reduction and welfare-to-work as its main priorities, confronting the UK’s numerically weakened trade union movement in its public sector heartlands over...

The ABC has been approached by a professional film company that is producing a documentary about 'Benefit Sanctions'. A programme that aims to address the real picture - avoiding the sensationalist ‘shirkers and layabouts’ type clich&eacu...

But what are HENRI VIII Clauses? These clauses give parliament the right to delegate law making From parliaments website: Statutory Instruments, also known as SIs, are a form of legislation which allow the provisions of an Act of Parliament to be sub...

Damian Green MP's speech at the Conservative Party conferance. A substantial focus of his speech was on disabled people.  One interesting fact about Damian Green according to Wikipedia: - Green was arrested by the Metropolitan Police a...

Government adopts Plaid Cymru proposals to retain 22 local authorities But plans need to integrate health and social care to create seamless service Responding to the Welsh Government’s statement on Local Government reform, Plaid Cymru Shadow C...

Should Australia adopt a Universal Basic Income? One of the big policy discussions at the moment is whether countries should adopt a universal basic income in response the changing nature of work. A universal basic income is income unconditionally gr...

Bad day for the banksters: After last week’s announcement that Commerzbank was slashing 9,600 jobs, two more large lenders are following suit. ING to cut 5,800 jobs in ‘automation drive:’ The financial version of Terminator 3:...

MEPs are debating a plan previously rejected by the Commission to hand free rail passes to young Europeans. German news service Tagesschau says giving every 18-year-old in Europe a free InterRail pass could cost €1.5 billion per year Interr...

Sterling’s Brexit-induced plunge will bring about the best of times and the worst of times for the U.K. economy. The pound tumbled to a new 31-year low against the dollar on Tuesday morning on the “hard Brexit” vibes coming from the...

London Luton Airport are recruiting so pop along to the Job fair on Wed 3rd October at the UK Centre for Carnival Arts, 3 St Mary's Rd, Luton LU1 3JA. Stanstead Job Fair is THURSDAY. 13 October. 10:00-14:30. Hilton Hotel There are over...