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Following the latest snub to the Welfare Reform Committee from a DWP Minister, the 10th since 2010, the SNP has called on the Prime Minister to deliver on the respect agenda he promised in 2010 and require his Ministers to appear before Scottish Parl...

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation do some interesting work. This is from research work by the Foundation on benefit sanctions.  Jobseeker’s Allowance claimants received a total of 500,000 sanctions however the majority of people who were sanc...

Universal Credit (UC) cuts support for working families, but helps make work pay where current system creates worst problems During this parliament the government plans to replace most of the means-tested benefits system for working-age families with...

The London Job Show Friday & Saturday 26-27 February 2016 10.00am – 6.00pm Westfield showcases some of the very best employment and training opportunities from the region’s most respected International, National, Regional an...

Effects of tax-benefit policy changes across the income distributions of the EU-28 countries: 2013-14 and 2014-15 A new report using the newly updated and released version of EUROMOD (G3.0) provides a country-by-country analysis of how household inco...

British Prime Minister David Cameron accepted a long-standing invitation to speak at the European Parliament, where he will appear on February 16, two days before EU leaders discuss his proposals for reformed U.K. membership of the EU at a...

Carers in Scotland will be given a greater say about the support given to them under a new law introduced by the SNP. The Carers Bill, passed today by the Scottish Parliament, will grant carers the right to request an assessment of their need for sup...

A Dutch mayor on the asylum reality in his town:  Hans Janssen, the mayor of Oisterwijk, a town that has housed an asylum-seeker and refugee center for 20 years, has an impressive effort here at explaining the many angles to supporting asylum-se...

The German government is proposing new asylum laws, expected to be voted in Parliament at the end of February, the so-called “asylum-package 2” (Asylpaket 2), that would restrict the rights of asylum-seekers. Main points: R...

SNP Westminster Leader Angus Robertson MP has called on the Prime Minister to defer the date of the EU referendum.  Speaking during Prime Minister’s Questions today, Angus Robertson MP asked David Cameron for a commitment not to hold the E...