Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

A new document outlines what Social Security Scotland's principles of "dignity" and "respect" will mean in practice. Created by people with experience of the existing social security system, “Our Charter” outlines in detail what people will be a...

Think Tank Demos launch the Carers Covenant. The rise of informal carers is one of the biggest demographic shifts in recent British history. Demos estimate there are now almost eight million informal carers in the UK. This makes the informal care eco...

The ABC had a wonderful piece of publicity today from the highly prestigious: The Parliament magazine. A special thank you goes to Managing Editor, Brian Johnson who picked up on our story.  PLEASE click on the logo to visit The Parliament magaz...

Southern Regional College launches Assured Skills Welding Academy Southern Regional College (SRC) is teaming up with two local companies to offer 10 people the opportunity to gain valuable welding skills at its Portadown campus. The Department for th...

Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Regina Doherty, T.D., today commented on the monthly unemployment figures, which were published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) today and show that, by the end of 2018, unemployment now st...

Alchemy Technology Services in Derry~Londonderry has launched its second Assured Skills Academy offering 20 training places and a potential career path in the company. Funded by the Department for the Economy and delivered in conjunction with North W...

Coleraine company, WD Meats is offering unemployed people job opportunities, after they successfully complete a two-week Bridge to Employment training programme. In conjunction with the Department for the Economy, the meat processing company WD Meats...

Amber Rudd today confirmed 10,000 people would go through a managed migration pilot with no assurances from the Secretary of State that any changes would be made to the deeply flawed system. When questioned by the SNP MP in the House of Commons today...

The SNP has given a cautious welcome to reports today that the next stage of the controversial universal credit rollout is to be delayed.   The House of Commons was due to vote on proposals to move a further three million claimants onto the univ...

A recent Parliamentary question to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has revealed that 90,000 employment and support allowance (ESA) claims were not processed within the 10-day target Commenting on the question, Rachel Hickman, Senior Parl...