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Irish Senator Mary Moran has warmly welcomed the Government announcement on the North East / North West action plan for jobs announced today. "Since the national plan for jobs was announced in 2012 more than 20,000 extra people are employed In the No...

The end of the Mandatory Work Activity scheme [hidden in the Autumn Statement] is good news. The ABC have long argued that the scheme amounted to slave labour in essence or indentured servitude. The Poundland case was to...

In yet another case found against the DWP a Court has found the welfare secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, unlawfully discriminated against disabled people by failing to exempt their carers from the benefit cap, a high court judge has ruled. Mr Justice Co...

Everyone is claiming success on the Tax Credit reversal announced in the autumn statement. We recieved a letter today from Will Quince MP (Cons Party). George Osborne says in his Spending Review speech that the money raised through the...

House of Commons Work and Pensions Select Committee EVIDENCE SESSION: Local welfare safety net 9.30am, Wednesday 2 December, Wilson Room, Portcullis House The Work and Pensions Committee is holding an inquiry into the “local welfare safety net&...

We do like these speeches by Joan Burton TD. The Irish have a way with words and at the ABC we find these speeches very enlightening as we can compare them with what’s happening in the UK and the rest of Europe.  SPEECH BY JOAN BURTON TD&n...

Working households on Universal Credit are set to lose an average of £1,000 in 2020, rising to £1,300 for those with children, despite the welcome reversal of the main cuts to tax credits announced in the Spending...

Learning disability today celebrates its 15th anniversary at Olympia conference centre 26th November 2015.  Learning Disability Today is all about 'Living Well' and will showcase and celebrate initiatives that help improve quality of life for pe...

Commenting on yesterday’s Autumn Statement, Frank Field, Chair of the Commons Work and Pensions Committee said: “We are very glad the Chancellor listened to our concerns and has scrapped his proposed £1,300 cuts to the budgets of wo...

England illegal money lending team Social Media Campaign Week Starting Monday 30th November 2015 The England Illegal Money Lending Team (IMLT) campaign promoting the Stop Loan Sharks message will launch on Monday 30th November 2015 and run until Chri...