Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

Unemployment in the EU continues to fall, however more than one in four of the EU’s working-age population are economically inactive; meaning they are not working, are not seeking work or are not available for work. Furthermore, the vast majori...

The number of nurses and midwives coming to work in Britain from Europe has plunged by 89% since Brexit, figures from the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) have revealed. The figures also show a 67% rise in the number of EU nurses leav...

Child Poverty Action Group and Working Families have launched a new project, ‘Britain works’, looking at in-work poverty and how work can be improved for families living on a low income. The polling, on behalf of Britain Works, was conduc...

The are introducing the Work and Health Programme in England and Wales from autumn 2017. The Scottish Government will be introducing separate arrangements for people in Scotland. This new contracted employment provision will help disabled people, the...

Following the welcome announcement last week that Government is dropping Local Housing Allowance rates from the funding mechanism for supported housing, the Committees have now received the full response from Government to their joint report. The res...

For this year's International Stress Awareness Day (1 Nov 2017), Tom Meyers and Danielle Sax International Stress Management Association (ISMA) members from Belgium have gathered interviews from inspiring experts around the world who want to Speak Up...

The Universal Credit Advances are anything but generous and they expect a fast payback.  When you first claim Universal Credit it usually takes about 6 weeks until you get your first payment. You can ask for an advance of your Universal Credit p...

How often do we hear the gender pay gap blamed on women’s failure to negotiate their salaries, or women taking the ‘mummy track’ and never recovering ground? Jamila Rizvi has written a new book, Not So Lucky, which offers a mod...

The government is trying to head off much more serious criticism by trivialising the sexual harassment and bullying complaints it has recieved, in the press today.  The BBC had this to say on their website: Sources close to Defence Secretar...

Native oysters were being enjoyed by the great and the good at the annual Colchester Oyster feast in October in Colchester Town Hall, however, around the corner the Alternative Oyster Feast was being held at the Greenstead Social Club where fish and...