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My Lords and Members of the House of Commons. My government will use the opportunity of a strengthening economy to deliver security for working people, to increase life chances for the most disadvantaged and to strengthen national defences. My minist...

The proportion of people in work in the UK recorded a modest uptick in the first quarter of 2016, confounding the view that uncertainty in the run-up to the EU referendum would hamper jobs growth, according to the Resolution Foundation’s analys...

The UK is a divided society where the richest receive the lion’s share leaving crumbs for the rest. How did we get to this point? What are the costs of having such high inequality? And what do people think we should do about it? Below is a vide...

Average house prices across the UK have increased 5.1 times faster than average weekly earnings over the last five years, the Resolution Foundation said today (Tuesday) in response to the latest ONS House Price Index (HPI). Resolution Foundation anal...

German economic growth doubles: The European powerhouse economy doubled its growth to 0.7 percent, up from the 0.3 percent in the final quarter of last year, Reuters reports. The rise is higher than expected, and it beats the Eurozone average estimat...

EU Migrants aren’t bad for UK wages, study says: European migration has not had a negative affect on the wages and job prospects of British nationals, according to research carried out by the London School of Economics. Migration from EU countr...

Eight years after the economic crisis began, many European countries are still struggling to recover and a glaring statistic remains – that of four and a half million unemployed young people in the European Union, writes Nils Mui...

Labour Party Senator Ged Nash has said the government has abandoned low paid workers by not supporting a living wage. Senator Nash commented: “I am disappointed but not surprised that there are no plans for a living wage in the programme for go...

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe has insisted that no family will be punished by having child benefit withheld. Minister for Children Katherine Zappone must make clear her opposition to Programme for Government pla...

The summit to tackle international corruption takes place in London today. To kick things off with a bang, British Prime Minister David Cameron plans to introduce a new corporate offense for executives who fail to prevent fraud or...