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Essex County Council is committed to ensuring Essex residents enjoy good health and wellbeing. The Council are aware people don’t like to be told what to do and don’t want to feel that they’re being nagged by those in authority. Thi...

Dublin Bay North Labour TD Sean Kenny has welcomed the announcement that as a result of arbitration, school secretaries and caretakers in grant funded schools will see an increase to their pay packets. Notifications have been sent out by the Departme...

Donald Trump may be more Donald Chump to some, but this infographic (a trendy name for a graph we always thought) shows how the middle class have shrunk in the USA. Trumps power base is very much this lower demographic. 'The Donald' appeals not so mu...

House of Commons Work and Pensions Select Committee EVIDENCE SESSION: Understanding the new State Pension  9.45am, Wednesday 16 December, Wilson Room, Portcullis House The new State Pension is a major reform and will affect millions of people cu...

Pick-up in productivity needed to maintain pay rebound into 2016 Return of inflation risks pay growth falling back below trend, following welcome progress this year Having shown signs of rebounding in 2015, real-terms typical pay growth looks set to...

Committee launches inquiry on automatic enrolment The Work and Pensions Committee has today launched an inquiry into pensions automatic enrolment. Under the Pensions Act 2008, every employer in the UK must put certain staff, unless they choose to opt...

The Work Capability Assessment (WCA) is the test designed and used by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in the United Kingdom to determine whether disabled welfare claimants or those suffering from long-term ill...

The governmement wants to scrap child poverty targets. The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) are fighting back and you can help. From CPAG The government wants to make child poverty disappear. And not by fixing the problem, but by scrapping...

We have recently come across a situation where a lady who suffered with epileptic fits wanted to complain about having to attend a Work Related Activity Group even thought it was obvious her epilepsy was very serious indeed. We hope our advice on how...

House of Commons Work and Pensions Select Committee EVIDENCE SESSION: Understanding the new State Pension  9.45am, Wednesday 16 December, Wilson Room, Portcullis House The new State Pension is a major reform and will affect millions of people cu...