Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

Amid growing calls from across the political spectrum for a pause in the Universal Credit rollout as evidence of problems continues to mount, the Work and Pensions Committee will take evidence from Secretary of State David Gauke on Wednesday mor...

The Liberal Democrats have said the government must urgently commit to staying in the single market and customs union, after Vauxhall announced 400 job losses at its plant at Ellesmere Port. Vauxhall's owner PSA has warned that future investment deci...

An indicator of how the quality of life is falling due to austerity is in these statistics just out from the Office of National Statistics. The UK has dropped several ranks in the European Union rankings of child mortality since 1990,...

Residents of all ages are invited to attend a job fair with a difference on Tuesday 24 October.     The free event runs from 10am to 3pm at The Plaza, Civic Centre Way, Havant, PO9 2AX. There is no need to pre-book, simply drop in. Any...

The National Health Action Party are holding their AGM Saturday 18th November 2017 Old Library, Oxford Town Hall, St Aldate's, Oxford OX1 1BX AGM 11:30-13:00Lunch 13:00-14:00Conference 14:00-16:00 The National Health Action Party...

People claiming universal credit have been offered free use of Plaid Cymru phones to avoid helpline charges. Party leader Leanne Wood said amid delays in payments, charging callers up to 55p a minute to check the status of their claim "adds insu...

In-work poverty increased during the economic and financial crisis that hit European shores in 2008. By 2014, ten per cent of European workers were at risk of poverty, up from eight per cent in 2007. Ten per cent is a significant figure: the working...

Living Rent  members in the West of Glasgow say need your support! For months Living Rent members  have been gathering evidence and struggling against the ridiculous rents they say within Whiteinch Housing Association, In the last few weeks...

Chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier is in Lyon celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Erasmus student exchange program. The Erasmus Programme is an EU exchange student programme that has been in existence since the late 1980's Its purpose is to p...

Plaid Cymru Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Equalities Sian Gwenllian has said: “The Conservative UK Government’s cruel austerity agenda has had a hugely negative effect on Wales. Food bank use has risen by 550%, there has been a tenfold inc...