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Austerity - benefits and credit claimants Incapacity benefit claimants; in Lewes it is estimated that of 2300 existing claimants, 736 will be designated as fit for work following reassessment. Lone parents whose youngest child is aged 5 or above are now receiving jobseekers allowance requiring them...

Yesterday afternoon, a 6,000-strong letter was delivered to Vince Cable at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, saying we need more hiring, not more firing. The timing couldn’t have been more crucial. Last year, David Cameron asked a venture capitalist called Adrian Beecroft, who...

Lib Dem = Con The Lib Dem collaborators like to talk tough about taxing the rich, when in fact its the poor who are footing the bill in the Con Dem cuts. From next April, maximum Housing Benefit allowances will be cut, alongside the capping of benefits for all households despite their real...

Lib Dem = Con The Lib Dem collaborators like to talk tough about taxing the rich, when in fact its the poor who are footing the bill in the Con Dem cuts. From next April, maximum Housing Benefit allowances will be cut, alongside the capping of benefits for all households despite their real housing...

A MILLION YOUNG PEOPLE NOW UNEMPLOYED UNDER THE TORIES With over a million young people now out of work, Labour has launched a clear plan to create and support new jobs for the next generation. The Tories’ economic policies have resulted in over 1 million young people now being unemployed. In...

This is a really worrying time for families and businesses; struggling with higher food prices and gas bills and worried about their jobs and their children’s futures.  The Tory-led Government are cutting too far and too fast and risk choking off economic recovery. Unemployment is rising again...