Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

Speeding fines have been increased massively and these have just come into force.  The minimum penalty for speeding is a £100 fine and 3 penalty points added to your licence. You could be disqualified from driving if you build up 12 or mor...

The Scottish National Party has said the UK government should be “ashamed” after Disability Rights UK raised concerns about three “hidden” social security cuts to disabled people that have not been subject to a specific govern...

Benefits are usually paid straight into your bank, building society or credit union account. If your payment is due on a bank holiday, you’ll be paid on the last working day before the holiday.

As the rate of Employment and Support Allowance for many claimants falls by £30 per week, IPPR Senior Research Fellow Joe Dromey writes on how slashing the benefit is the wrong approach to reducing the incapacity benefits bill.

The welfare cap is a limit on the amount that government can spend on certain social security benefits and tax credits. The cap aims to better control spending in an area that can be difficult for government to control. The cap included 56% of total...

The government has finally unveiled its formal consultation process on proposal to ban letting agents levying fees on tenants in England. Commenting, Baroness Olly Grender, who was instrumental in forcing the government to do this consultation said:...

Herts Young Homeless is an independent charity that has been supporting vulnerable people in Hertfordshire for over 15 years. We have offices throughout Hertfordshire with over 50 staff and many more volunteers. In Hertfordshire, the charity has...

The US unemployment rate fell in March to 4.5 per cent, its lowest level in nearly 10 years, but job creation tumbled unexpectedly, underscoring the challenges President Donald Trump faces to fulfill his 25-million-job pledge. After months of pumping...

The ABC has dismissed the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) report by Dame Janet Paraskeva which praises the ASA performance against their Commitment to Good Regulation. Companies are advertising jobs, the terms of which are unlawful with impunit...

SNP MP and Shadow Leader of the House of Commons Pete Wishart has written to Theresa May concerning the record £70,000  fine imposed on the Tory party by the Electoral Commission and has asked  – once again - for ‘tot...