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All the European chatter is about migrants currently, Germany — refugees no magic labor market solution: Germany desperately needs more workers, and the German government hopes Syrian refugees will fit the bill. There are problems, notably...

Over 400,000 households in London spend more than half their income on housing. One in four private renters across the capital are ‘housing pinched’ Around 430,000 households across London – containing 990,000 people – spend m...

The United States presidential election of 2016, scheduled for Tuesday, November 8, 2016, will be the 58th quadrennial U.S. presidential election. Article Two of the United States Constitution provides that for a pe...

On Thursday 7 January MPs will take part in a debate on a motion relating to the effect of the equalisation of the state pension age on women in the Commons Chamber. This debate was scheduled by the Backbench Business Committee f...

Cork South West Labour Party TD Michael McCarthy has welcomed the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office which show that 29,000 more people are in work than in December 2014. Deputy McCarthy commented: “The fact that so many more peo...

Due to the worsening of economic crisis across European countries, the problem of poverty and the ways to tackle it returned at the centre of political and scientific debate. The level of poverty increased after the crisis, especially in Mediterranea...

Action needed to successfully implement National Living Wage in lower-paying cities such as Sheffield and Birmingham Managing major increases in the legal wage floor will be a key first test of new devolved economic leadership arrangements Implementi...

High Pay Centre Lunchtime Lectures Do you ever feel that someone else is grabbing all your 'cheese'?  The High Pay Centre are running two thought provoking lunchtime lectures. Well worth a visit if you are in London. High Pay and Inequality:&nbs...

Bereavement benefits The Committee Meeting kicks off at 09:30AM Witnesses: Lucy Coulbert, Managing Director, The Individual Funeral Company, Coulbert Family Funerals, Nigel Lymn-Rose, National Association of Funeral Directors, Mohamed Omer, Muslim Co...

Labour Youth has today reaffirmed its position on tackling precarious work by making a submission to the expert consultation group which will look into legislation to end the use of If and When Contracts, as recommended by a study conducted by the Un...