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EVICTION & DEBTS HELP UPDATE - From the BBC: The government has announced a "truce" on enforcement action for tenants facing eviction in England and Wales this Christmas. It also said that evictions will not be enforced in areas subject to l...

GENEVA (ILO News) – ILO Director-General Guy Ryder has welcomed the commitment of the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers to a job-centric focus for COVID-19  recovery plans, promoting decent work for all, especially women and youth. T...

UNIVERSAL CREDIT - The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Universal Credit, led by MP Debbie Abrahams, is calling on the government to provide enhanced support for Universal Credit (UC) claimants and to fix the longer term, structural issue...

UNIVERSAL CREDIT- The SNP’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary has urged the UK Tory government to maintain the £20 increase to Universal Credit - instead of axeing it in April 2021 - and extend it to legacy benefits. Ahead of the UK government’...

EMPLOYMENT - The Department for Communities and Department for the Economy have launched a new Jobs & Skills campaign page on nidirect as part of the response to COVID-19. The Departments have been working collaboratively on developing...

SMOKING - We are very anti-smoking here at the ABC. We saw what happened to poor old 'Ciggy Stardust' - David Bowie and more recently Lemmy of Motorhead fame. The latter was diagnosed with six months to live, and he died two days later. Personally, o...

BREXIT - At the ABC we are working to find out more about what might happen in the event of a 'No Deal Brexit'. This briefing paper below has been produced for the Houses of Parliament but our concern is not just immigrants and their rights to benefi...

STATE PENSIONS - People in their 40s, 50s and 60s should double check their retirement age as another landmark date on when people can claim their state pensions looms this weekend, say WASPI campaigners. From Sunday, September 6, 2020 nobody, m...

FOOD WASTE - One for the diary - date, September 29th. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) designated 29 September as the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (IDAFLW) to raise awareness on the importance o...

MAYOR OF LONDON - The Mayor of London is seeking to equip Londoners with knowledge about their rights at work and how to enforce them. In partnership with London-based civil society organisations, the Greater London Authority have produced twelv...