Latest Articles By Simon Collyer
Plymouth Couple Live on £4 a Day Universal Credit at Christmas
Thursday 03 January, 2019Universal Credit is a payment to help with your living costs. It’s paid monthly - or twice a month for some people in Scotland. If you already get benefits Universal Credit will replace the following benefits: Child Tax Credit Housing Ben...
US Government Workers Continue Without Pay
Thursday 03 January, 2019Eight hundred thousand government workers’ lives have been thrown into disarray by the shutdown, with 380,000 workers on furlough and 420,000 who have worked without pay since December 22. The American Federation of Government Employees, or AFGE...
Colchester Gazette Features the ABC on New Years Day
Tuesday 01 January, 2019Our special thanks go to the Colchester Gazette & Standard that featured the ABC on New Years Day. Our special thanks in particular go to reporter, Vicky Gale. http://www.twitter.com/@Vicky_Gazette">@Vicky_Gazette Image: R...
Happy New Year To Everyone
Tuesday 01 January, 2019Happy New Year Everyone. Let’s make a wish - the end of Universal Credit and the end of this government and the end of their callous, cruel and sadistic campaigns towards the unemployed and the disabled. The end of ESA and PIP's medical testing and t...
Important Information on Employment And Support Allowance Payments
Tuesday 01 January, 2019A technical issue in the benefits computer system means some Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) customers will receive weekly payments instead of their normal fortnightly payments. This affects customers due a fortnightly payment on 8, 9, 1...
Brit Who Worked His Whole Life Denied Universal Credit ‘Because He Lived Abroad’
Monday 31 December, 2018According to the Metro newspaper, a man who has worked his whole life a claims he was denied Universal Credit because he wasn’t a UK citizen – after he spent two years living in Spain. Former train manager Matthew Stockall, 38, returned from Benidorm...
The ABC Complains About the Universal Credit Website
Friday 28 December, 2018Simon Collyer, ABC founder is busy doing battle with the DWP. The Universal Credit (UC) online account in the Payments section has this statement: YOUR PAYMENT IS BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE TOLD US AND COVERS THE PERIOD BETWEEN...... This is NOT true. Univ...
Trains Fares Minister Simon Burns MP Racks Up £80,000 in Car Trips
Wednesday 26 December, 2018The Guardian have pointed out that Simon Burns, the minister responsible for rail, had been travelling to and from work from Chelmsford in a government car at a cost of £400 a day. Burns claimed this was because he was not allowed to read sensitive p...
House of Lords Sold 369 Bottles Of Own-Label Champagne This Year
Wednesday 26 December, 2018Figures revealed under Freedom of Information show that bars and restaurants in the House of Lords sold 369 bottles of own-label champagne in 2017/18, with the luxury alcohol selling for £43 a bottle. The House of Lords also sold 292 bottles of...
'Let Them Eat Cakes' - DWP Secretary Amber Rudd Spotted Having Tea in Posh Restaurant Wolseley
Monday 24 December, 2018While benefit claimants visit Foodbanks over Christmas.... Image: The Rt Hon Amber Rudd, DWP minister. DWP minister Amber Rudd and was spotted having tea with actress Keeley Hawes, having tea together at The Wolseley. Te...
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