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Nearly 3,000 recruitment agencies launched in first half of 2016. Some 2,926 new recruitment agencies launched in the first half of 2016: a 10% increase on the number of agencies launched in the same period in 2015. This is no doubt a factor in what...

Home ownership struggle hits Coronation Street Plummeting home ownership across Greater Manchester and other major northern cities shows housing no longer just a London problem English home ownership has fallen to levels last seen in 1986, with Great...

Ever feel you have been had over. This graph says a lot.  Wage growth is a key factor in determining living standards, aggregate demand and inflation. Since the great recession of 2008, nominal wage growth has fallen behind the headline inflatio...

There is concern over whether Thersa May will maintain the triple lock protection on the value of the state pension – after the former pensions minister joined one of the Prime Minister’s most senior advisors in calling for it to end. Pro...

The hated Workfare Scheme run by the DWP,  forced over 100,000 people to work for nothing, was covered up by the DWP, who did not want the names of the companies or organizations revealed, fearing an economic backlash. The High Court has ruled t...

Dr Tony Cox Scottish welfare activist was today sentenced to 150 hours community service at Dundee Sheriff Court after being convicted of threatening behaviour towards employees of MAXIMUS Inc who carry out DWP Work Capability Assessments on disabled...

An article in the Guardian has re-kindled a previous argument about Pre-paid Benefit Cards.  TO: DAMIAN GREEN, WORK AND PENSIONS SECRETARY Please scrap your plans to introduce pre-paid benefit cards. Benefit claimants deserve to live in pea...

Many of the employment law protections which come from EU law are firmly embedded in the UK's legal and ideological framework - for example, the protection against unlawful discrimination. However, there are some aspects of EU law which are arguably...

You think we have problems in Europe. With unemployment at more than 90%, many Zimbabweans have become vendors and rely on cross-border trading to make a living. Officials in the country have tried to stop the trend by passing laws pre...

The future of the civil courts has been under consideration. This article below has been reproduced from the Law Society's Gazette.  We wonder how long before tribunals and ombudsmen go on-line? +++ A long-awaited report on the future of civil c...