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We have been battling to get a landline installed in our new base. We placed an order with Virgin Media on April 2nd and moved on the 7th May. We have been waiting months. There was what is called a wayleave construction issue. Permission was needed...

The biggest parliamentary challenge facing Boris Johnson the new PM is a tiny working majority in the House of Commons. Theresa May’s initial working majority of 13 has steadily eroded due to defections and resignations. It currently stands at just f...

No one likes paying tax for sure, but ABC founder Simon Collyer has argued in a television channel, RT UK interview recently - a section not yet shown - that benefits and state pensions are not particularly generous in the UK. Our problem is that the...

Work and Pensions Committee Wednesday 24 July 2019 Meeting starts at 9.50am Witnesses: Ged Nichols, General Secretary, Accord, and Dominic Hook, National Office for Finance, Unite the Union Subject: The work of the Secretary of State for Work an...

At the ABC we are very pleased to announce the arrival of top job board, Jooble to our website. Please bear with us as our Virgin Media broadband is still not installed, though the matter is now with the ombudsman. It makes doing anything beyond addi...

A busy week in politics this one. At 16:00 on Monday 22nd, the Lib Dems announce their new leader. At 17:00 voting closes in the Conservative Party leadership election. Tuesday 23rd and the new Conservative leader will be announced. On Wednesday 24th...

The UK government spent over £4 million attempting to “airbrush” crisis-hit Universal Credit last year, with advertising spending increasing by a staggering 700% in two years.  According to figures obtained by a Freedom of Information request by...

A single dad of three Phillip Herron, 34 with £4.61 in the bank wept as he killed himself after waiting weeks for Universal Credit. Some of his loans were payday loans with 1,000 % interest, alleged the Sun newspaper that carried this story. Mr Herro...

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Appellant) v MM (Respondent) (Scotland) – UKSC 2017/0215 On appeal from the Inner House, Court of Session, Scotland The respondent ("MM") is a 47 year old man who has suffered from anxiety and depression for...

The London Legal Support Trust, the organisation behind the The National Pro Bono Centre, based at 48 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1JF do fantastic work helping those who cannot afford  legal representation.  You can join in and give the...