Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

SNP MSP Shona Robison has called on the UK government to take immediate action as figures from the Department of Work and Pensions show that not one woman in Scotland is in receipt of split payments of Universal Credit. Universal Credit payments are...

The government spends nearly a third of its overall budget on outsourcing work to external suppliers, according to new research. The Institute for Government says outsourcing costs Whitehall £284 billion each year, despite some contractors...

The company was founded in 1884 as the London and Tilbury Lighterage Company Limited and retained the Tilbury name until 2001. From 1991 it was known as Tilbury Douglas following a merger with RM Douglas, but in 2001 rebranded as ...

The Brexit Debate Tuesday promises to be a lively one. Theresa May will be fighting for her deal and he right to stay on as PM. Her credibility and authority will start to haemorrhage away if this deal is rejected - which many are predicting is alrea...

The Committee on Exiting the European Union publishes its report on the Government’s EU Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration. The Report – agreed unanimously – says that the Prime Minister’s deal fails to offer sufficient clarity or certain...

For the UK to leave the EU it had to invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty which gives the two sides two years to agree the terms of the split. Theresa May triggered this process on 29 March, 2017, meaning the UK is scheduled to leave at 11pm UK tim...

The ABC gets into some interesting areas and one of those difficult ones is Pay Day Loans. So we are never quite sure what to do when we come across companies like PiggyBank. On the one hand, a short-term loan can really help people out, alternativel...

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross today announced that 40 organizations — including nonprofits, institutions of higher education, and entrepreneurship-focused organizations — from 28 states and two territories will receive $21 million to create...

Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Regina Doherty, T.D., today welcomed the latest monthly unemployment figures, which were announced today by the Central Statistics Office (CSO). The monthly unemployment rate has dropped consiste...

Colchester Foodbank is gearing up for Christmas. ‘December is the biggest month’ points out Michael Beckett, Chief Officer, seen here on the left, talking to a volunteer working for local Colchester organization, Signpost. Signpost is a Colchester ba...