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TAX CHANGES COULD COST UK PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS 30% OF SALARY
Tax changes could cost UK public sector workers 30 percent of salary... READ MORE›
RETHINK ON HOUSING BENEFIT CAP FOR ELDERLY AND VULNERABLE
More than 700,000 people in supported housing usually have the accommodation element of their costs met entirely through housing benefit... READ MORE›
ONE IN SIX JOBSEEKERS HAVE ALLOWANCE STOPPED BY DWP EACH YEAR
The figures contradict official claims that only a small minority of jobseekers have been affected by the government's increasingly severe welfare policies... READ MORE›
ETHIOPIA'S CRACKDOWN ON DISSENT TAKES RISING TOLL
Politicians held over protests as PM says anti-peace forces spreading false information about investment zone plan... READ MORE›
GEORGE OSBORNE UNDER FIRE OVER A?2BN NHS PLEDGE
But he warned that in future, governments would not be able to rely on recycling money from the Department for Health budget... READ MORE›
$1.83B DEFICIT, ACROSS-THE-BOARD TAX HIKES AND LAYOFFS
Bennett criticized former governments for doubling the size of the public sector since 2004... READ MORE›
'ALBERTA LOST ITS FOCUS,' B.C. GOVERNMENT SAYS IN THRONE SPEECH SLAM
B.C. throne speech cites Alberta as example of how not to run a province... READ MORE›
MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS REQUIRE FUNDING CERTAINTY TO AVERT 'CATASTROPHE'
Advocacy groups will be calling on the federal government on Wednesday to create a 10-year plan to tackle mental health illness... READ MORE›
TIMELINE FOR TURNBULL TAX CRACKDOWN NOW PAST 2018
Roman Lanis and Brett Govendir from the University of Technology Sydney have argued making the register public is important for tackling corporate tax evasion... READ MORE›
RIGHT-TO-BUY BATTLE LOOMS IN LORDS
All that changes if housing associations are classified as public bodies... READ MORE›
GOVERNMENT TO OFFER HOMELESS FAMILIES IN DUBLIN THE CHANCE OF HOUSE IN RURAL COUNTIES
The government will offer homeless families from Dublin the chance of a house in rural counties, in a radical bid to ease the current crisis... READ MORE›
B.C. TO SPEND $500M ON NEARLY 3,000 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS
Government says it will spend 500 million to provide affordable rental housing that will be paid for by record revenues from the real estate sector... READ MORE›
THE TORIES ARE IGNORING THE WORSENING CRISES IN SOCIAL CARE, HEALTH AND WELFARE
Faced with the double dilemma of a growing elderly population and chronic underfunding from central government, the social care system in Britain is at breaking point... READ MORE›
ALBERTA BUDGET GOES DEEP IN THE RED TO FIGHT ECONOMIC DOWNTURN
The Alberta NDP government is borrowing billions of dollars to finance its operations and will exceed its own legislated debt ceiling in three years... READ MORE›
JOSEPH STIGLITZ QUITS AS GOVERNMENT ADVISER
Panama Papers Joseph Stiglitz quits as government adviser... READ MORE›
WHAT FATE AWAITS THE ONES SET FREE?
There was huge relief when 82 of the girls kidnapped by Islamist militants Boko Haram in Chibok, north-east Nigeria, in 2014 were freed on Saturday... READ MORE›
GLENCORE YET TO PUT UP ALL WARNING SIGNS A YEAR AFTER ALERT
Statements from the government and Glencore have been inconsistent on the extent of the contamination problem... READ MORE›
VENEZUELA IS IN CRISIS: WHERE IS ALL THIS HEADING?
Earlier this year, the government, through the top court, tried to take away all powers of the National Assembly... READ MORE›
LIBERAL MIDDLE CLASS TAX CUTS EXPECTED TO COST $100M MORE, PBO REPORT SAYS
The budget office's calculations, like those of the government, made assumptions on how people at different income levels might respond to the tax changes... READ MORE›
HUNGARY SCRAPS INTERNET TAX AFTER MASS PROTESTS
The internet tax cannot be introduced in its current form, the prime minister said in a radio interview... READ MORE›
'FLOODGATES OPEN' TO PAY CLAIMS AFTER GARDAI OFFERED SPECIAL DEAL
'floodgates open' to pay claims after gardai offered special..... READ MORE›
THE HIGH SOCIAL COST OF DOWNSIZING THE STATE
This means finding better ways of funding local services, rather than depending on unpredictable government grants... READ MORE›
UNIVERSAL CREDIT FALLS FIVE YEARS BEHIND SCHEDULE
It also has to incorporate cuts introduced in the welfare and work act, such as a two-child limit on tax credits... READ MORE›
OPPOSITION TO WATER CHARGES WILL CONTINUE DESPITE RELIEF
Clearly, the Government is out of touch and has underestimated the anger at these unfair water charges... READ MORE›
CHINA ADVISERS RECOMMEND 7 PERCENT GROWTH GOAL IN 2015 AS LEADERS MEET
We recommended a growth target of around seven percent, said Zhu Baoliang, chief economist at the State Information Centre, a top government think-tank... READ MORE›
GOV. MALLOY SLASHES WATCHDOG BUDGETS AMID ETHICS AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE INVESTIGATIONS
Dannel Malloy is moving to slash the budgets of watchdog agencies that enforce ethics, campaign finance and open records laws... READ MORE›
CIVILIAN DEATHS IN SUSPECTED IDLIB CHEMICAL ATTACK
Syria's government officially joined the Chemical Weapons Convention and turned over its chemical arsenal in 2013, as part of a deal to avert US military action... READ MORE›
'MONEY FOR THE DICTATOR': ERITREA'S SUBTLE 'TAX' ON EXPATS IN CANADA
Eritrea collecting 'money for the dictator' from expats in Canada... READ MORE›
CONTROVERSIAL ASIC SELL-OFF ABANDONED AFTER GOVERNMENT FAILS TO SECURE LUCRATIVE ENOUGH BID
Final bids for control of the register were received from companies earlier this year under a government tender... READ MORE›
COMMENT: THE GOVERNMENT STILL DOESNT GET CHILDCARE
Despite the 2015 Budget's huge increase in childcare spending the government still isn't addressing the key problems with childcare... READ MORE›