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Down and Out in the Algarve

Written by Natasha Donn, Algarve 123

It’s a daily drama – an apparent nightmare without end. Early every morning, lines of people turn up at social security offices throughout the Algarve, all of them needing help. Whether it’s help with unemployment benefit that hasn’t come through, help over self-employment payments that have become impossible to make due to ongoing financial difficulties, confusion over paperwork that seems to be demanding yet more money from limited resources...

Gale`s Westminster View - March 2012

Written by Sue Englefield

The "Granny Tax" budget, rigged elections in Russia, more lives lost in Afghanistan, and Syria, Man David goes to Washington, same-sex marriage on the agenda at home, the Archbish says that he is hanging up his mitre, less-than-gorgeous George fools more of the people of Blackburn - oops, Bradford - some of the time."Horsegate", "Pastygate", "Jerrycangate". Mad March.

Portugal, Europe and the Euro

Written by Bruno Filipe Pires, Algarve 123

“What’s on the table and being decided upon everyday by the government under the auspices of the Troika is a generalised programme of impoverishment of the people. The principle in economics is called 'creative destruction' – everything that doesn’t work has to be wiped out. At the end of the process, among the ruins of the economy – where only the strongest companies have survived – then the country can start to grow. It’s a principle that carries unacceptable social consequences”.

Gale's Westminster View - Leapday, February 2012

Written by Roger Gale

Banks on the rack. Network Rail bosses on the track. An MP on the smack. Christians under attack. High Noon for Huhne. Sarah not tethered. The "Families Tsar" takes an A4 Exit. The unions are revolting , Sainsbury's thinks that workfare is unfair and the might of vested interests combine in their efforts to prevent reform of the National Health Service.

Renounce your British Citizenship? So?

Written by Brian Cave

How many Britons abroad are prepared to renounce their nationality? Britain ignores its citizens who live abroad. James Preston, a businessman in Spain angrily declares he will renounce his British citizenship. Yet he feels sick at feeling forced to do so.

End the unfair frozen overseas pension policy

Written by Paul Rees

An appeal launched by campaign group the International Consortium of British Pensioners on the Government’s e-petitions website last year will become eligible for discussion in the House of Commons if it reaches 100,000 signatures by September 8th 2012.

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