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The Taxpayers' Alliance are recommending cuts to pensioner’s benefits.  Many of those hit by a cut to the winter fuel allowance might "not be around" at the next election, said Alex Wild of the Taxpayers' Alliance. And others would for...

Jeremy Corbyn gets the Truthdigger of the Week award having won some US approval it seems.  For almost a generation, the left wing of the British Labour Party has been a voice crying in a wilderness of neoliberalism. Defeated and marginaliz...

From Thursday 1 October 2015, the adult rate of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) will rise by 20 pence from £6.50 to £6.70 per hour, as recommended by the Low Pay Commission (LPC) in March 2015 this year. From 1 October 2015: the adult rate will incre...

Thinking of starting your own business? From 6 April 2015, all new claimants who are using self-employed work to meet the qualifying remunerative work test for WTC, must show that they are trading on a commercial basis and their business is done...

Index of employment since Q1 2008, seasonally adjusted, Q1 2008 = 100 Fig 1. Fig 1. Figures from the ONS shows the initial recovery in employment has been largely a result of increases in the number of self-employed and part-time employees. The...

According to POLITICO: MEPs yesterday voted to reverse a series of EU budget cuts requested by the EU’s national governments — on refugees and migration issues (they want an extra €1.2 billion in 2016). MEPs also propose more funding for youth e...

At the Labour Party conference in Brighton Jeremy Corbyn will be playing the patriotic card in his speech, according to pre-briefing of British journalists.  He will say his values of “fair play for all, solidarity and not walking by o...

Press Release Colchester’s Simon Collyer; founder of the Association of Pension & Benefits Claimants CIC – better known as the ABC - is standing for election for a place on the Fabian Society, National Executive Committee. There are  po...

With winter approaching, if you are struggling on a low income this organisation may be able to assict. We do also suggest you contact Floating Support a government intiative that can also assist you negociate a deal with your energy company, dramati...

Simon Collyer. Founder of the ABC is standing for election for a place on the Fabian Society National Executive Committee. Voting closes at 5 pm on Friday 23 October 2015.  There are 10 national society candidates and 3 local society candidates....