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ABC Advice: We cannot stress the importance of putting matters in writing when dealing with all government departments including of course the DWP. We are coming across situations where government departments are leaving address and telephone nu...

The Las Iguanas restaurant chain, part of the Casual Dining Group, which includes Bella Italia, Cafe Rouge and La Tasca, announced it is scrapping the 10% administration fee it deducts from staff tips. Las Iguanas said its proposed policy w...

Fuel poverty is still a major issuse for many people.   The governments latest figures are out and here is a very brief summary of a very complex topic. Fuel poverty in England is measured by the Low Income High Costs definition, which...

Inequality and Child Poverty are again in the spotlight. Absolute child poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010-11 and 2012-2013. Given that the targets to eliminate child poverty by 2020, the governments approach has to be to get rid of the target...

A coroner has concluded for the first time that a man with severe mental illness killed himself as a direct result of being found “fit to work” by the Government’s outsourced disability assessors.Michael O’Sullivan, a 60-year-old father from north Lo...

Finance ministers call for minimum EU tax rate Finance ministers from the eurozone’s biggest economies voiced support in a special Parliament hearing on Tuesday night for a minimum tax rate across the bloc. Speaking in front of a Parliament...

Struggling to pay your water bill? Anglia Water have a scheme called the LITE tariff. If you contact Citizens Advice for information - the website details are below.  This is from their website:  What is the LITE tariff and how can it help...

Commenting on labour market statistics released on 16th September 2015, Ian Brinkley, Senior Economic Advisor at The Work Foundation said: The welcome growth in employment of 42,000 comparing the three months to July with the previous three mont...

The Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill, which had its Second Reading in the House of Commons is going to cap the annual increases in most working-age benefits at 1% in cash terms in 2014–15 and 2015–16, in addition to the 1% cap on increases alread...

Main points for May to July 2015 There were 31.09 million people in work, 42,000 more than for February to April 2015 and 413,000 more than for a year earlier.  There were 22.74 million people working full-time, 361,000 more than for a year earl...