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2013/06/18 17:11
2013/06/18 17:11
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Workers in Britain are suffering real terms pay cuts for the first time since 1977 according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). Its recent report showed that workers have suffered a bigger...
2013/06/18 17:11
2013/06/18 17:11
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2013/06/18 12:12
2013/06/18 12:12
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A week today, we will have the oddity of a Westminster set-piece that was never supposed to be. Budgets, the Queen's speech and the like can usually be plotted out years in advance. But this month's...
2013/06/18 07:25
2013/06/18 07:25
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BATH, England, June 18, 2013 — /PRNewswire/ -- Council Tax Advisors, the organisation dedicated to helping those owing arrears to the council, forecast the government's abolition of Council Tax...
2013/06/17 11:28
2013/06/17 11:28
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UK households have been hit by a real cut in pay, rising cost of living, and government welfare slashes (Reuters) UK households are the least pessimistic about their financial situation for almost...
2013/06/17 05:22
2013/06/17 05:22
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One-third of workers who stayed in the same post following the recession suffered a cut or freeze in their wages in cash terms in 2010-11, according to analysis by economic think-tank the Institute...
2013/06/14 23:45
2013/06/14 23:45
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There were plenty of sixty-somethings, even older, in the audience when Neil Young and Crazy Horse wowed Glasgow’s SECC on Thursday evening. Lots, too, when the Who had shaken that same venue just 48...
2013/06/14 09:30
2013/06/14 09:30
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Employment levels among young people have fallen sharply since the recession, which has hit the incomes of those in their 20s (Reuters) Twentysomething Britons have suffered the worst fall in income...
2013/06/14 09:13
2013/06/14 09:13
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The latest figures from the Chief Statistician show that more than three quarters of a million people in the country are living in poverty. The report shows while there was a decrease in poverty...
2013/06/14 08:23
2013/06/14 08:23
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Army Chief Warns on Spending Cuts The head of the Army has warned any gap between military resources and planned capabilities caused by spending cuts "could become quite dangerous, quite...
2013/06/14 07:53
2013/06/14 07:53
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UK Labour raps PM on ‘crashing’ economy British Labour leader Ed Miliband has lambasted British Prime Minister David Cameron on his government’s economic policies, especially the falling living...
2013/06/14 00:39
2013/06/14 00:39
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This is because wages for the majority of people (except company bosses) have been outstripped by inflation, while benefits have been rising in line with the cost of living. But the Institute for...
2013/06/14 00:13
2013/06/14 00:13
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Britain has suffered a "lost decade" in living standards after a second year of sharp falls in inflation-adjusted pay pushed incomes back to levels last seen in the early 2000s, according to official...
2013/06/13 18:39
2013/06/13 18:39
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The number of children growing up in absolute poverty in “breadline Britain” increased by 300,000 last year – an annual increase of 2 per cent, representing the biggest rise in two decades – according...
2013/06/13 16:58
2013/06/13 16:58
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Britons' net incomes fall to lowest since 2001-02 Related Topics LONDON (Reuters) - Britons' real net incomes fell to their lowest level in a decade in the year ending in March 2012, annual data...
2013/06/13 15:23
2013/06/13 15:23
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... figures show that after inflation, since he came to power, people’s wages have fallen on average by over £1,300 a year.” Ed Miliband, 13 June 2013 The latest official figures on jobs and...
2013/06/13 11:19
2013/06/13 11:19
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Official figures today showed that 5,000 fewer people were registered unemployed in the last quarter and 8,600 fewer claimed jobseeker's allowance. The north-west England saw the biggest fall in...
2013/06/13 09:28
2013/06/13 09:28
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A trader looks at computer screens at Madrid's stock exchange, in February, 2013. European markets opened lower on Thursday following a downbeat handover from Asia, as quantitative easing concerns...
2013/06/13 07:37
2013/06/13 07:37
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No political party or established political culture is at ease with the kind of politics we are in at the moment. The Tory party hates coalition, and dreams of reigniting a Thatcherite revolution if...
2013/06/13 05:42
2013/06/13 05:42
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The number of workers in Britain aged over 65 has risen above 1 million for the first time as firms increasingly prefer older employees to younger staff. Latest jobless figures from the Office for...
2013/06/13 00:40
2013/06/13 00:40
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There are more people in work, and fewer people out of work and seeking it, and the claimant count has dropped. Happily, that means the social security bill decreases and the tax take increases, with...