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The Work and Pensions Committee launches an inquiry into employment opportunities for young people Inquiry: Employment opportunities for young people Work and Pensions Committee Aim of the inquiry The Committee considers whether current provision for...

Jeremy Corbyn  born May 26, 1949 (age 67)attracting 183,000 paid supporters in just 48 hours. This must be some sort of record in political history.  Jeremy Bernard Corbyn'  has been the Member of Parliament for Islington North si...

Western European countries complain their workers are subject to unfair competition from low-salaried eastern European competitors — an average hour of work costs an employer €40 in Denmark but only €3.80 in Bulgaria, according to Eur...

According to the BBC full roll-out of the welfare reform is now forecast in March 2022, an extension of a year - and 11 years after it was first announced. Universal Credit, which replaces six current benefits with a single payment, is being rolled a...

In Summary For March to May 2016, 74.4% of people aged from 16 to 64 were in work, the highest since comparable records began in 1971. Looking at employment rates by sex, for March to May 2016: 79.2% of men and 69.6% of women aged from 16 to 64 were...

The Institute of Fiscal Studies The focus of this report is the distribution of household income in the UK. We assess the changes to average incomes, income inequality and poverty that occurred in the latest year of data (2014–15), and pu...

The new team at the Department for Work and Pensions is: Secretary of State – Rt Hon Damian Green MP -Minister of State for Employment – Damian Hinds MP -Minister of State for Disabled People, Work and Health – Penny Mordaunt MP -Mi...

Taxpayers Against Poverty From: the Reverend Paul Nicolson,  To:The Rt. Hon. Theresa May MP, Prime Minister, No 10 Downing Street London SW1A 2AA Dear Prime Minister,  POVERTY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM May I congratulate you on becomi...

On-going analysis of CAB case evidence over the last four years has shown that more and more bureaux clients are experiencing periods of no income, and are unable to afford essentials including food, gas and electricity to heat their homes, as well a...

Millennials facing ‘generational pay penalty’ as their earnings fall £8,000 behind during their 20s Fresh evidence of the growing intergenerational inequality that new Prime Minister has warned of Britain’s longstanding promis...