Latest Articles By Simon Collyer
What Happened to The Woman Living in A Car After Her Benefits Were Slashed?
Tuesday 07 November, 2017Former NHS nurse Ann Cumberland-Quinn claims she is still living in her car and 'eating out of bins to survive' - half a year after she first told her story. When the News wrote about Ann in May, her disability benefits had b...
The Queen Accused Of Exploiting the Poor
Monday 06 November, 2017The Queen is being accused of exploiting the poor as funds have been found to be invested in controversial retailer BrightHouse. According to the BBC about £10m of the Queen's private money was invested offshore, leaked documents show. The Duch...
Damian Green Come Under Scrutiny
Sunday 05 November, 2017The BBC have reported today: Theresa May's most senior minister has denied a claim that police found pornography on a computer in his office in Westminster during a raid in 2008. First Secretary of State Damian Green said the ex-police chief's...
Happy Anniversary ABC
Sunday 05 November, 2017Today is our anniversary. The ABC was launched on November 5th 2014 with help from a Millennium Award and BIG Lottery funding. It took two years from the idea being dreamt of, to getting the necessary backing. We saw, th...
Attempt To Give 16 to 17 Year Olds The Vote Shelved
Saturday 04 November, 2017The Liberal Democrats have criticised Conservative MPs for blocking proposals to give 16 and 17-year-olds the vote. A parliamentary vote on the issue today was shelved due to a lack of time, after several Conservative MPs made lengthy speec...
European Vocational Skills Week (20-24 November)
Saturday 04 November, 2017Ahead of the next European Vocational Skills Week (20-24 November), European Commissioner Marianne Thyssen highlights the strategic importance of vocational education, training and skills in addressing today's Europe-wide challenges. In addition to a...
Living Wage Week (5th – 11th November)
Saturday 04 November, 2017Ahead of the start of Living Wage Week (5th – 11th November) and the UK government’s budget, the SNP has called on the Tory government to take action now to bring their National Living Wage up to the level of the Real Living Wage to make...
Government Delays Tax Cut For The Self-employed
Friday 03 November, 2017The government has quietly announced it will be delaying a planned tax cut for self-employed workers by a year. In a ministerial statement today, it was announced that changes to National Insurance including the abolition of Class 2 NICs wi...
Norfolk's Community Fridge Comes to Watton
Thursday 02 November, 2017Breckland Council, the Wayland Partnership, and Recycle for Norfolk have launched Norfolk's first ever 'Community Fridge'. Supported by the environmental charity Hubbub UK, the Wayland Community Fridge is part of a growing effort to tackle food waste...
You Cannot Do Without The Grey Matter Says The Institute of Directors?
Thursday 02 November, 2017One quarter of the UK's retirees 'unretire' back into the workforce, according to researchers from the University of Manchester and King’s College London. Since the year 2000, the proportion of over-65s in work has doubled to aroun...
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