Twenty year olds are three times more likely to reach their 100th birthdays than their grandparents and twice as likely as their parents, official figures show
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It turns out that three-quarters of people who apply for sickness benefit either drop their claim before they are assessed or are found to be fit for work... more
Strike by thousands of Jobcentre Plus staff in an escalating row over working conditions and claims of a 'target-driven culture' said to be solidly supported... more
Thousands of Jobcentre Plus staff are to stage a 24-hour strike in an escalating row over working conditions and a 'target driven culture', it was announced
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Thousands of jobcentre staff start voting on whether to go on strike in protest at 'intolerable' working conditions they claim have led to high levels of stress and sickness
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Senior Liberal Democrats have welcomed reports that the Government is planning to delay imposing its controversial cap on housing benefit payments... more
The outsourcing bonanza kicked off with the Department for Transport, the UK Border Agency, the Ministry of Justice and the Department for Work and Pensions all using the spending review to earmark savings by giving work to private firms... more
Benefit claimants owe an 'immense' £1.85 billion in overpaid money, but the Department for Work and Pensions is recovering less than £300 million a year... more
Economy: The number of unemployed people in London has fallen by 1% between October and December, bucking the national trend, which saw unemployment figures soar across the country... more
London Gateway, the £1.5bn container port under construction on the Thames at Thurrock, will have capacity to unload six of the world's largest ships at one time and have as much impact on the capital as a new airport or half a dozen Westfield shopping centres
With London Fashion Week kicking off on Friday, British designer Matthew Williamson tells Rosamund Urwin about breaking up with his ex, post-show partying and his new model man
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