Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

Social Democrats spokesperson on Education Equality and Access,  said today that much more needs to be done to equip students from disadvantaged schools to stay the course at university. Cllr Gannon was commenting on research form the Higher Edu...

The Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017, brought by Employment Affairs and Social Protection Minister Regina Doherty, T.D., has today (17th May 2018) cleared the Committee Stage in the Dáil.  The objective of the Bill is to im...

Work and Pensions Committee calls on Government to remove the “cliff-edge” in benefit calculation that sees Carer’s Allowance - £64.60 per week – withdrawn in full as soon as Carers earn more than £120 a week. This...

Work and Pensions Committee Wednesday 16 May 2018 Meeting starts at 9.30am Agenda Subject: Benefit Sanctions Witnesses: Tony Wilson, Director of Policy and Research, Learning and Work Institute, Matthew Oakley, independent reviewer of JSA sancti...

Labour market statistics published The labour market statistics were published today by the Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency. Labour Force Survey (LFS) unemployment decreased over the quarter and the year * The latest NI seasonally a...

The Youth Select Committee has launched a new inquiry into barriers to work experience. The Committee is calling for evidence from a wide range of witnesses, including businesses and charities, as well as young people who have been directly affected...

Estimates from the Labour Force Survey show that, between October to December 2017 and January to March 2018, the number of people in work increased, the number of unemployed people decreased and the number of people aged from 16 to 64 years not work...

The ABC was invited to the launch of the Guardian Public Service Awards yesterday in London at the Guardian Media Group HQ (14/05/2018). Champagne and canapes were liberally applied to the 'great and the good' who were invited. Unlike many events whe...

MPs are warning that the regulations around universal credit pose a ‘very real risk’ to entrepreneurs as they have been designed with ‘little regard for the reality of self-employed work’ and are calling for changes to the rul...

Labour sources have confirmed Margaret Greenwood’s interim role as shadow work and pensions secretary has been made permanent following the sacking of Debbie Abrahams. Greenwood has been filling in at shadow Cabinet since Abrahams was first sus...