Train commuters are facing travel disruption this week as South Western Railway (SWR) staff strike for five days over the long-running issue of train guards.
Phillip Hammond is reportedly considering a minimum wage increase that would put the UK amongst the world’s highest paying nations. Information obtained by The Observer
Another victim of Brexit uncertainty, British steel, has requested a £100m government loan after being frozen out of the EU scheme. Before Brexit the company
China’s economic growth has slowed down. The country has just experienced its slowest economic growth rate since 1990 causing a wave of fear that the
Just two weeks after the Global Land Forum 2018 in Jakarta, and one week after a devastating double-disaster in Palu, the World Bank’s (WB) and
In August this year, the UK’s inflation rate rose to a six month high of 2.7%. However, wages have been rising at a higher rate
The UK economy has profited a great deal from the heatwave and World Cup in July this year. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) found
The United Nations’ rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, is coming to the UK in November to further investigate the state of
The UK government has stated that a series of notices will be released in pursuance of preparing the UK public for the possibility of a
According to the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG), single parents on the National Living Wage cannot afford a ‘basic, no-frills lifestyle’. Minimum income earners are on
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