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Some GREAT news today is, we have added the Trussell Trust, one [if not the] UK's most successful social enterprises.  From the Trussell Trust in their own words:     The Trussell Trust runs a network of over 400 foodbanks across the U...

On 17 February 2011 the government set up a review of the sickness absence system to help reduce the 140 million days lost to sickness absence every year. According to the Government The fit note replaced the old ‘sick note’ in 2010. The fit note all...

US Research links affordable housing to children's intellectual ability Johns Hopkins University researchers explored the effects of affordable housing on the cognitive development, physical health, and emotional well-being of children living in pove...

The kind hearted people at Timpson's are apparantly offering free dry cleaning for benefits claimants with job interviews, so says our fearless retail scout; Captain Shopper.   We don't know much more than that at the moment, but we expect to be...

Christmas is a time of year where that rotund chap in red comes down the chimney and gives people lots of presents (if you have been good of course). However, it also has another meaning for the ABC. It means it is time to get ready to review the acc...

With the election opening shots for 2015 being fired, we are preparing for the worse as all sides lie, conceal and obfuscate the facts in a bid to win votes. Nothing new in that you might say, however; it just seems that things are getting worse in t...

New Years is a time to make resolutions. To save not spend but how easy will that be? CPI stands for Consumer Price Index - a way of measuring prices. It is used by the Bank of England that controls the amount of money in circulation in order to stab...

UK Corporate profits set to increase.     Corporate Profits in the Corporate profits in the United Kingdom is expected to increase to 105020.49 GBP Million in the fourth quarter of 2014 from 103179.00 GBP Million in the third quarter of 201...

We contacted Baroness Jenkin about her recent remarks about poor people and their cooking skills. Was it a Freudian slip, or simply a bit of press miss-reporting - commets 'taken out of context' to use the often quoted vernacular. Follow these links...

The effects capping of benefits can clearly be seen in what is happening to London residents, such as those living in the New Era Estate. Tenants are being pushed out of their homes so that speculators can sell or let these properties, trippling...