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George Osborne’s pledge to inflict further austerity has met with a great deal of criticism.   Speaking in China, the Chancellor warned that “further reductions in spending” may be coming in his spring Budget. &n...

 SNP MP Stewart McDonald has written to Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith about the impact of the UK government’s welfare reforms on people living with HIV in Scotland.   The Glasgow South MP has raised concerns about the...

A law to revamp the European Employment Services (EURES) network with an EU-wide database of job seekers and vacancies was approved by Parliament on Thursday. The aim is to help fight unemployment by better matching labour market supply and demand. U...

Why we are mainly focused on Europe we take a look at other parts of the world. In Australia the country is battling with many of the problems we have here in Europe. This Fabien Society report tells a lot about the problems Australia is facing Posit...

Increasing numbers of pension scheme members aged 55 or over have been contacted by a potential pension scammer by phone, text or email, according to recent reports according to lawyers Pinset Masons Product provider Retirement Advantage shared the r...

EVIDENCE SESSION: In-work progression in Universal Credit  3.45pm, Monday 29 February 2016, the Thatcher Room, Portcullis House.  Inquiry: In-work progression in Universal Credit Work and Pensions Committee In the second of three evidence s...

‘Cameron Should Focus On Abolishing Unelected House of Lords Instead Of Diminishing Scotland’s Voice At Westminster’ The Scottish National Party has called on the UK government to ditch its ‘undemocratic’ plans to f...

Ireland goes to the polls: In a vote that will be closely watched by other eurozone leaders, pundits say it looks unlikely that the coalition between Prime Minister Enda Kenny’s center-right Fine Gael and the Irish Labour party will hold o...

In case you have just landed from Mars and feel a little out of touch - Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) are an action group  campaigning against the unfair changes to the State Pension Age (SPA), imposed upon women born on or afte...

EURES is a cooperation network designed to facilitate the free movement of workers within the EU 28 countries plus Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. The network is composed of: the European Coordination Office (ECO), the National Coordi...