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EUROZONE — Deflation Is Back: You’d never guess from the reference to “inflation,” but in fact the eurozone’s prices decreased by 0.1 percent in September according to the EU’s statistics agency Eurostat. In September 2015, negative an...

Looking at the figures from the Office of Budget Responsibility the figures are interesting. You can see in this graph that spending on welfare in the UK, contrary to what most people believe is not high compared to GDP. In fact the UK is around half...

Wednesday 28 October 2015, 6.30-8pm | Committee room 11, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA  The rise of food bank use in the UK has been a major national issue, featuring prominently during the general election campaign. But a closer look at the...

Defendants are being “incentivised” by government-imposed charges to plead guilty rather than risk an expensive fight in the crown court, the chairman of the Bar Council has warned. The criminal courts charge, which requires those who plead guilty at...

Labour MPs have withdrawn their amendment to exclude supported housing from the government’s social rent reduction. At the Public Bill Committee yesterday, the MPs withdrew their amendment to the Welfare Reform and Work Bill due to lack of...

If you have been sanctioned you may find you have fifteen days to manage without food. This is if you have used up your three Food Bank, food vouchers, in a twelve month period. Different Food Banks may have different rules. Another option is to appl...

EVIDENCE SESSION: Benefit delivery  9.30am, Wednesday 21 October, Wilson Room, Portcullis House  The Work and Pensions Committee is holding an inquiry into the timeliness and accuracy of benefit delivery by the DWP. Potential problems that...

Government officials have acted to stop social landlords using a Universal Credit regulation to protect their income from the impact of the bedroom tax. A number of landlords had spotted a little-known clause in complex benefit regulations&...

Facebook paid just £4,327 corporation tax in the UK despite £35m staff bonuses The social networking firm paid average of £210,000 to staff in Britain, but overall loss in UK of £28.5m meant very little corporation tax was due. Meanwhile in the US ju...