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New time limit for Jobseeker’s Allowance EEA claimants. Since 10 November, migrants from the European Economic Area, (EEA) residing in the UK as a jobseeker are only able to claim Jobseeker’s allowance (JSA) for a period 91 days. A short extension to...

The Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne will give his annual Autumn Statement to Parliament on 3 December 2014. The statement provides an update on the government’s plans for the economy based on the latest forecasts from the Office for Budget...

For those wanting to hear what a potential future PM might have to say. The Fabian New Year Conference 2015, will take place on Saturday 17 January, at the Institute of Education (please see the Events section). Ed Miliband MP, leader of the Labour p...

70,000 older people in significant need go without paid or unpaid care, new study finds. An additional 160,000 pensioners report receiving inadequate care and 380,000 older carers receive no local authority support, finds report by Independent Age an...

  MP Debbie Abrahams has revealed that Oxford academics will report next month on what has happened to half a million jobseekers allowance (JSA) claimants who were sanctioned and subsequently disappeared from official employment statistics. The...

New analysis from EUROMOD* - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Essex and the London School of Economics (LSE) have just published a ground breaking report. Poor lose, and rich gain from direct tax and benefit chan...

Black Triangle are a Scottish based civil rights group, known for their robust campaigning on behalf of the disabled. They recently published this list of UK Welfare reform deaths, posted by John McArdle. It certainly makes for some sober reading. We...

A man who applied for more than 60 jobs in a fortnight while protesting against “draconian and demeaning” government policies has been battling JCP officials reported the Guardian newspaper. Peter Styles, a copywriter and public relations executive w...

We just love the Full Fact website that checks the facts that are quoted in the media and analyzes them. This graph illistrates the the minimum wage in relation to prices. The picture tells the story. Thank you Full Fact for the great work your organ...

UK unemployment falls by 115,000 to 1.96 million UK unemployment fell by 115,000 between July & September to 1.96 million, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Commenting n todays labour market statistics, Geraint Johnes, direct...