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House of Commons Wednesday 22 November 2017 Meeting starts at 11.30am AGENDA Oral questions: Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (including Topical Questions) Prime Minister's Question Time (12:30 approx.) Financial Statement...

Work and Pensions Committee Wednesday 22 November 2017 Meeting starts at 9.30am Subject: PIP and ESA assessments Witnesses: Yolanda Barker, PIP applicant, Amanda Browning, PIP and ESA applicant, Denise Martin, PIP and ESA applicant, and Natalie...

Pension Tracing Service tops one million searches as people claim forgotten savings New figures show that the Government’s Pensions Tracing Service has now been used more than a million times, - helping people across the country track down thei...

A new tax portal called TAXEDU launches today. It’s “fun and colorful” according to a Commission spokesperson. The platform, developed jointly with the European Parliament, It is designed to teach students more about tax....

Brexit has already cost workers in the UK the equivalent of a week’s wages due to rising inflation, according to new research – with Scotland amongst the hardest hit. The report, conducted by researchers at the London School of Economics,...

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, will deliver his Budget Statement to the House of Commons on Wednesday 22 November 2017. The Budget sets out the government’s plans for the economy based on the latest forecasts from the Office for...

We made a trip to RAF Bentwaters, Sunday. RAF Bentwaters is in Suffolk near to the town of Woodbridge. It opened in 1944 and closed in 1993. It was the home of the United States Air force's 81st Tactical Fighter Wing. The base at its peak used to pou...

Businesses in the “gig economy” are exploiting loopholes in employment law to the disadvantage of workers, according to a group of cross-party MPs.   In a draft bill, two Commons committees suggest companies should be fined if they f...

Tens of thousands of disability and sickness benefit claimants may been underpaid by the DWP and it could cost up to £500million to correct the blunder. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) confirmed errors in payment of Employm...

Plaid Cymru’s Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Public Health and Social Services Dr Dai Lloyd has warned the Labour government in Wales not to repeat the scandal of social care cuts in England after a new analysis of data showed that cuts to social...