Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

We thought we would include an image of Booby Moore. 'Two World Wars and One World Cup....' well enough of that! Today we love our german friends!  However more seriously if you are interested in how football helps young people get a job, we hav...

The benefit cap has been reduced from £26,000 a year to £20,000 a year in the UK - except in Greater London where the limit is set at £23,000 a year. Chancellor George Osborne's Budget in July last year included £12bn in welfa...

Tory MSP Adam Tomkins embarrassed himself during a Holyrood debate this week, stating that welfare sanctions “affect only a tiny number of claimants”. He cited widely discredited figures from the Department for Work and Pensions which sig...

This document downloadable below lists Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) offices that have new postal addresses, including jobcentres and benefit centres. DWP postal addresses are changing because they are modernising the way they receive and pr...

David Clapson, a former British soldier died after his benefits were sanctioned. His family has formally requested an inquest into his death. Lawyers for Gill Thompson, David’s sister, have lodged official papers with the Hertfordshire Coroner...

Britain’s biggest pensioner organisation, the National Pensioners Convention has issued the following response to the Work and Pensions Committee’s report and recommendations into Intergenerational Fairness: Dot Gibson, NPC general secret...

Youth Employment UK have been overwhelmed by the number and quality of this year's applicants for the Youth Friendly Employer Awards. The organizing team want to thank all of the organisations who took the time to enter. The Award cerimony is on the...

Germany's unemployment rate dropped (DW) to 5.8 percent in October, the lowest on record since 1991. The federal labor office reported shortages of skilled workers and 691,000 job vacancies in the country.

The BREXIT High Court Ruling was correct and even Nigel Farage agreed. However, there are a lot of other issues that are being rather overlooked? Arguing the 'will of the people must be respected' rather overlooks the fact that neither Wales or Scotl...

The Jobcentre Plus phoneline has been malfunctioning. Claimants using the system dialling in on 0845 604 3719 numbers, which are still being advertised on Google against individual JCP office addresses - claimants are being abruptly cut off afte...