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- Please Join the ABC on Tuesday LIVE for the House of Commons Brexit Debate Do drop in, this promises to be a debate worth watching. > MORE INFO
- The European Court of Justice to Sit And Decide Can The U.K.’S Article 50 Notification That Triggered Its EU Exit Can Be Withdrawn Unilaterally By Britain There may be hope for Remainers yet. > MORE INFO
- Ireland Unemployment Rate Is Now 5.3% - Down From 6.4% This Time Last Year Good new on employment in Ireland. Minister Doherty said: Minister Doherty said: “It’s nearly eleven years since the unemployment… > MORE INFO
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> MORE INFOOne Third of Government Spending Outsourced
The government spends nearly a third of its overall budget on outsourcin... -
> MORE INFOInterserve: Major Government Contractor Seeks Second Rescue Deal
The company was founded in 1884 as the London and Tilbury Lighterage Company ... -
> MORE INFOPlease Join the ABC on Tuesday LIVE for the House of Commons Brexit Debate
The Brexit Debate Tuesday promises to be a lively one. Theresa May will be fighti... -
> MORE INFOThe Committee on Exiting the European Union Give Thumbs Down to Prime Minister May's Deal
The Committee on Exiting the European Union publishes its report on the Government...
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> MORE INFOA Disabled Scotsman is Being Force to Live on £40 a Week
Disabled man who struggles to walk or use his right arm survives on £40 a week aft... -
> MORE INFOMOD Fail to Pay Civilian Staff the Living Wage the SNP Reveal
Hundreds of civilian staff are being paid less than the real Living Wage by the Mi... -
> MORE INFOFuture for Dundee's Michelin Tyre Factory In The Balance
Dundee East MSP Shona Robison has urged the UK government to “think again” on inve... -
> MORE INFOSNP Neil Gray Calls For an End to Benefit Freeze
In the wake of senior Tory MPs calling on the Prime Minister to end the benefit fr...
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> MORE INFOWrexham Council Talks About Swinging Cuts 'Have the Lunatics Taken Over the Asylum'
Last week, the Welsh Government announced its provisional budget settlement, which... -
> MORE INFOHousing and Regeneration Minister Rebecca Evans, Criticizes Universal Benefit Effects to The Secretary Of State For Work And Pensions
Housing and Regeneration Minister Rebecca Evans has written to the Secretary of St... -
> MORE INFORebecca Evans Says Universal Credit “is hitting the most vulnerable in Wales”
Housing and Regeneration Minister Rebecca Evans has written to the Secretary of St... -
> MORE INFOPoverty in Wales on The Rise
24 per cent of all people in Wales were living in relative income poverty between ...
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> MORE INFOA Report About Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Assessments in Northern Ireland
Interim Response to the Independent Review of the Personal Independence Payment as... -
> MORE INFOChief Medical Officer Dr Michael McBride Opens Homlessness Conferance
Over 170 delegates have attended a ‘Health and Homelessness’ conference in Belfast... -
> MORE INFONorthern Ireland Experimental Claimant Count Increases but The Labour Force Survey Stays the Same
The labour market statistics were published today by the Northern Ireland Statisti... -
> MORE INFOUnemployment Creeps-up in Northern Ireland
The latest Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates for the period June-August 2018 ind...
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> MORE INFOThe European Court of Justice to Sit And Decide Can The U.K.’S Article 50 Notification That Triggered Its EU Exit Can Be Withdrawn Unilaterally By Britain
The European Court of Justice will at 9 a.m. on Monday December 10 deliver its rul... -
> MORE INFOIreland Unemployment Rate Is Now 5.3% - Down From 6.4% This Time Last Year
Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Regina Doherty, T.D., today... -
> MORE INFOThe Pope Speaks About Illegal and Inhumane Practices in The World's Fishing Sector
Illegal and inhumane practices in the world's fishing sector must be stamped out a... -
> MORE INFOSubway World Sandwich Day, November 3, 2018 Canada
The ABC is becoming more and more international. We were started as a European Ass...
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