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Commenting on yesterday’s Autumn Statement, Frank Field, Chair of the Commons Work and Pensions Committee said: “We are very glad the Chancellor listened to our concerns and has scrapped his proposed £1,300 cuts to the budgets of wo...

Learning disability today celebrates its 15th anniversary at Olympia conference centre 26th November 2015.  Learning Disability Today is all about 'Living Well' and will showcase and celebrate initiatives that help improve quality of life for pe...

Today is the birthday of Simon Collyer the founder of the ABC. It is a big birthday (60) (ouch) A few beers were sunk and more - we thought about the past, but came to the conclusion that the future was what was really worth talking about. Chris...

Plaid Cymru Leader Leanne Wood has called for the Freedom of Information Act to be protected amid fears it could be fatally weakened by the UK Government. The Assembly Member from the Rhondda said the law had become a valuable tool for shining a ligh...

The Spending Review and Autumn Statement are combined this year. Here's everything you need to know about this fiscal event. The Spending Review sets out how the government spends taxpayers’ money The Spending Review is a process that determine...

    On Wednesday 25 November 2015 former Pensions Minister and architect of the new State Pension Steve Webb will give evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee in the first session of their new inquiry.   FORMER PENSIONS MINISTER ST...

The ABC will be covering the Autumn Statement live. George Osborne is about to unleash yet more surprises from his Budget bag of tricks as he try's to achieve his small government by stealth, chopping away at the benefits that you and I pay for....

Whittakers Almanac is the ultimate single-volume referance source packed with thousands of facts, figures overviews and statistices relating to the UK and the world. You might expect to find a copy in your local library. Given we are all le...

Work and Pensions Committee     FORMER PENSIONS MINISTER STEVE WEBB GIVES EVIDENCE ON NEW STATE PENSION   On Wednesday 25 November 2015 former Pensions Minister and architect of the new State Pension Steve Webb will give evidence to th...

Irish Politician Joan Burton has just made a very interesting speech on the Living Wage. We have decided to include it in full. It will make interesting reading to those campaigning in the UK on the same topic.  Joan Burton (born 1 February...