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The final report of Fabian Commission on Food and Poverty The final report of the year-long Commission sets out how a fairer food system can be built that works better for people on low incomes. Drawing on public hearings, expert testi...

EVIDENCE SESSION: Department of Work and Pensions Annual Report and Accounts, 2014-15   9.30am, Wednesday 28 October, Wilson Room, Portcullis House  This is Committee’s first oral evidence session of the new Parliament with the Secreta...

Live Parliamentary TV watch here.  EVIDENCE SESSION: Department of Work and Pensions Annual Report and Accounts, 2014-15   9.30am, Wednesday 28 October, Wilson Room, Portcullis House  This is Committee’s first oral evidence sessio...

Bernie Sanders the Democratic Senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders, says his campaign ‘is going to send a message to the billionaire class: you can't have it all'. He believes the economy can’t be strong unless everyone has access to a good education...

Ray Dalio (born August 8, 1949) is an American businessman and founder of the investment firm Bridgewater Associates.In 2012, Dalio appeared on the annual Time 100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world. In...

People power was certainly in evidence last night with the 38 Degrees, Campaign against Tax Credits cuts.  38 Degrees is an independent British not-for-profit political-activism organisation that campaigns on a wide range of...

Recent developments in unemployment at a European and Member State level Eurostat estimates that 23.022 million men and women in the EU of whom 17.603 million were in the euro area, were unemployed in August 2015. Compared with July 20...

The government has been defeated in the Lords over tax credit cuts to be introduced in April next year. The House of Lords has voted to delay cuts to tax credit cuts, having decided against scrapping the changes entirely. Lib Dem Baroness Manzoo...

Tax Credit changes are being debated at the DWP Work & Pensions Committee  

The House of Lords will vote on motions that could delay the controversial cuts or sink them altogether. Ministers say peers do not have the right to block financial measures approved by the House of Commons. A point dismissed by others. Labour's sha...