Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

Dr David Lowe of the Liverpool John Moores University knows his stuff when it comes to teaching law. His lip smacking style can be mildly irritating, but his laid back easy going approach to explaining what can seem complex legal issues, is a gr...

Today is Armistice, Remembrance or Veterans Day and a public a holiday in Belgium, France, the United Kingdom, Poland, United States and Canada, marking the end of World War I (though peace was not formally ratified until January 1920, afte...

This means that women are effectively working for free from 10th November to the end of the calendar year, because on average they earn less than men. EPD is calculated using the mean full time gender pay gap, which is currently 13.9%. EPD 2016 falls...

NEARLY 40 per cent of Scottish pubs, clubs, restaurants and hotels have a seen a decline in sales in the third quarter of the year, as trade bosses warned that hundreds of outlets face closure next year unless radical change is made to the way busine...

The country’s highest court, the Supreme Court, has ruled that the Government discriminated against a disabled woman and her husband and a severely disabled child who needs overnight care through the implementation of the ‘bedroom tax&rsq...

Nearly a quarter of all people in Wales now struggling to make ends meet A shock new report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has found that almost a quarter (23%) of everyone living in Wales is experiencing poverty. The study, which also found tha...

The report released today (Tuesday) found over 500,000 three-day emergency food supplies were given out across the UK in the first half of this year, and over 188,500 were for children. This is an increase of 2% overall, compared to the same time las...

Hillary Clinton is poised to become the United States’ first female president, 100 years to the day after Jeanette Rankin became the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress (before most states allowed women to vote). Clinton is leading final p...

Jobcentre Plus  are holding a 'disability confident' job fair in Plymouth on the 29th November. These fairs sound like a good idea, but we have yet to hear what the disabled think? Not everyone with a disability wants to advertise the fact they...

The race to the White House is on the last lap. Real Clear Politics are the pollsters to follow.  Latest Election Polls   Election Polls | President Polls | State Polls | Senate Polls | House Polls&nb...