Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell said he wants to cut VAT. “If I can reduce the burden of taxation on middle and low earners I will do it as we grow the economy. I will do it.” He told the Observer that VAT hits low and middle earners par...

Just days before the General Election, Britain’s biggest pensioner organisation, the National Pensioners Convention (NPC), is staging its annual gathering in the Winter Gardens, Blackpool from 6-8 June.   Hundreds of older campaigners from...

According to the Daily Star newspaper:  Intelligence sources have revealed virtually all of the 3,000 suspects on British streets are being financed by the taxpayer. Most are unemployed men or women, claiming state benefits living in council hou...

Following reports that homeless people are being forced to leave Cardiff as part of the preparations for the Champions League final on Saturday, Plaid Cymru Leader, Leanne Wood, said: "£45 million is expected to be generated by this weekend's e...

Paul of Cassiobury Court has kindly sent us this list of mental health helplines. We will be adding these to our directory.  Cassiobury Court are a residential drug rehabilitation facility providing drug and alcohol detox programmes based near W...

The UK economy grew 0.2% during the first three months of 2017, down from 0.7% growth recorded in the final quarter of 2016. The figures revealed a slowdown in the growth in services output and declining growth in UK production output towards the end...

The  Fabian Society summer conference 2017 will take place exactly one month after the general election on 8 July, to provide a space for crucial discussion and debate about the future direction of the left.  The conference will,...

We felt it is was time to give fellow Fabian Society member Tim Young a mention. The ABC is politically neutral and we communicate with people of all different views and philosophies.  The Fabian Society gives us access to some great speake...

Neoliberalism is all about the market above all else. It promotes winners and losers, rugged individualism, self-interest, the idea that the market is magically self righting, and that 'creative destruction' is a good thing. This has led to an unequa...

Retired UK Pensioners are concerned about BREXIT and the dip in the value of the pound, from €1.30 just before the ballot to around €1.15 now. “If you’re on a limited or fixed income and that’s your pension then it matters...