Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

Veterans for Peace UK Veterans for Peace UK is a voluntary ex-services organisation of men and women, who collectively have served in every war that Britain has fought since the Second World War. The group are arguing that: ‘War is not the solu...

Two subjects regularly in the news are spending on the National Health Service and migration. However, is our situation exceptional compared to other nations? Are we overspending on healthcare and are we being overrun by migrants? Figures from the OE...

Simon, I am emailing to make you aware of the Social Security Committee’s call for views on the Social Security (Scotland) Bill.  Please find attached a link to it below.  http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentC...

New data showing the widening gap between women’s and men’s average retirement income results from successive governments’ failure to invest in giving women equal opportunities to work and save, the Women’s Equality Party said...

Household savings have plummeted to their lowest level in 50 years, official figures published today have revealed. It comes after figures yesterday showed household borrowing has continued to grow, with unsecured consumer credit increasing by &...

Simon Collyer, the ABC founder has been appointed press officer of the Colchester Fabian Society which has just held their AGM.  The Fabian Society was funded in January 4, 1884; 133 years ago and was an early version of whar we now kn...

GFN and Banco de Alimentos Guatemala Certainly Can! How can we tackle global poverty is the question? For American teenager, Annie Strong, food banking is an effective and proven way to help. Annie is one of five finalists in a video contest that cha...

Professor Bogdanor's most famous former student is David Cameron, who became Conservative Party leader and served as Prime Minister from 2010 to 2016. Bogdanor described Cameron as "one of the ablest" students he has taught,...

Industrial thread manufacturing organisation Coats Group has agreed a £74 million settlement for one of its defined benefit (DB) pension schemes, which will bring an anti-avoidance case brought by The Pensions Regulator (TPR) to an end. The set...

The UK government has suffered a humiliating High Court defeat over their welfare policy – with the government guilty of causing “real misery” for “no good purpose”. The High Court ruling found that applying the benefit...