Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

MiniCredit has been forced to apologise over threatening to contact a borrower’s employer. The National Debtline says it heard of numerous cases where MiniCredit acted in an overly aggressive manner. MiniCredit says it has taken steps to ensure...

New analysis finds the cumulative impact of welfare cuts will hit low income families both in and out of work on average by £41.45 per week by 2020. Working households are hit hardest at £48.90 per week, with families and local authoritie...

In October 2016, the quantity of goods bought (volume) in the retail industry was estimated to have increased by 7.4% compared with October 2015; all store types showed growth with the largest contribution coming from non-store retailing. This is the...

Thursday 17th of November is I, Daniel Blake Day - at hundreds of cinemas. Go see it. Go see it again. Join the movement tweets Ken Loach. #idanielblakeday The Plot: Daniel Blake is a 59-year-old joiner living in the North-East of England w...

Between April to June 2016 and July to September 2016, the number of people in work increased and the number of unemployed people decreased. The number of people not working and not seeking or available to work (economically inactive) increased. Ther...

Since 2012, significant changes to the statutory system of child maintenance have been introduced. These include a new statutory body, the Child Maintenance Service, charges for using the new Service and a new means to calculate the maintenance liabi...

A campaign to prevent death and harm being committed against our disabled community has been creating some very hard hitting videos.  STOP-PIP.ORG are a humanitarian organisation who has stated that their primary goal is exposing ATOS, MAXIMUS,...

The ABC is now working on adding directory content in a team effort with the University of Essex Student Union VTeam. The V incidentally stands for ‘volunteer’. Joining us this week is a multitalented electronics student Aishwarya Balan....

Courier company Hermes failed to provide sufficient rights for its workers has led government to announce a crackdown on firms claiming workers are self-employed to avoid paying proper levels of tax and national Insurance and providing proper worker...

Chinese investors invited to bid for over £5bn worth of projects in northern England Chinese and international investors have been invited to bid for over £5 billion worth of infrastructure and regeneration projects in the north of Englan...