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EVIDENCE SESSION: Department of Work and Pensions Annual Report and Accounts, 2014-15   9.30am, Wednesday 28 October, Wilson Room, Portcullis House  This is Committee’s first oral evidence session of the new Parliament with the Secreta...

Today is the last day for voting in the; Fabian Society, National Executive Committee Elections. A GREAT TALK by Andrew Harrop, General Secretary in Colchester last night. Jeremy Corbyn has revitalised the Labour Party, however balanced against this,...

Jobseekers are to be given 14 days' warning before facing benefit sanctions under a new scheme being trialled next year, the government has announced. In a parliamentary statement to the Commons, Mr Duncan Smith said that it was in response to a repo...

Work and Pensions Committee Committee welcomes Government shift in sanctions policy In its response, published today, to the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee’s Report on benefit sanctions, the Government has outlined a series of policy ch...

BREXIT — UK Lords attempt to extend referendum vote to 16-year-olds: Peers have tabled 10 amendments to EU Referendum Bill to allow 16- and 17-year-olds, U.K.-resident citizens of other EU countries and U.K. citizens living abroad to vote....

On 15 October 2015 the Department for Business Innovation & Skills published new guidance for employers on the use of zero hours contracts What are zero hours contracts? ‘Zero hours contract’ is a non-legal term used to describe many different ty...

EVIDENCE SESSION: Benefit delivery 9.30am, Wednesday 21 October, Wilson Room, Portcullis House The Work and Pensions Committee is holding an inquiry into the timeliness and accuracy of benefit delivery by the DWP. Potential problems that can arise wh...

MPs vote against today’s Opposition motion calling on the Government to reverse its decision to cut Tax Credits by 317 votes to 295. A fine speech by Heidi Allen, who was elected MP for South Cambridgeshire in May. Ms Allen made the point that cuts f...

The chances of the government being defeated on plans to cut tax credits in the Lords next week have risen markedly after the Liberal Democrat leader, Tim Farron, instructed his peers to vote for the fatal motion to block them. The Commons Work...

The Great Tax Credit Debate is about to kick off in Parliament Some Conservatives are already wavering. Boris Johnson has already spoken out - and behind the scenes others are rumoured to fear the cuts go too far. Osborne can’t pass a plan with all p...