Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

More than a million families with a household income below £30,000 are in extreme debt, and ongoing wage stagnation is making the problem worse, according to a new report published today (Tuesday) by the TUC and UNISON. The report, Britain in t...

You could not make this up if you tried. A Claimant sanction on Universal Credit for doing an extra days work and missing a meeting at Jobcentre Plus despite sending in a Mandatory Reconsideration letter from the employer. How is the employer expecte...

A letter from a frustrated ABC member Message: As I near (the old State Pension retir't age of 65yrs) circa Jun-2017 - I find myself and no doubt thousands of others in that 'crack' of losing out as the new Pension scheme hits home. I feel that whate...

London's first community fridge is a public fridge where people can give spare food, and those who need food can take it. It's a food revolution, one fridge at a time! It's a big fridge in the centre of Brixton where peo...

According to the Institute of Fiscal Studies gender wage differentials remain substantial and are a hot topic in policy debate. Inequalities between men and women are clearly of direct interest in their own right. In addition, poverty is increasingly...

Good evening to all our audience. The ABC has been off-line for a few days subject to moving to our new web hosting home. We were previously being hosted by This is Fever who developed our website but we prefered to be hosted at a dedicated web hosti...

Job listing website Monster, which was an early pioneer in e-commerce and operates the Universal Jobsmatch website, has been bought for $429m (£330m). Monster developed the Universal Jobsmatch website at a cost of over £17...

No Desire to Retire have created the UK’s only free, dedicated online platform designed to release the potential of mature workers, with the capabilities and desire to work from the UK’s over 50’s, from a few hours a week to seasona...

We found this article in the Basildon and Canvey and Southend Echo Newspaper. We have yet to hear more however.  This is the article: A BENEFITS officer and her son have been arrested over suspicions she tampered with claims to steal money. Poli...

For all you professionals;  Digital Evolution: is Tinder Foundation’s annual conference for 2016 and will take place on Thursday 24 November at London’s BT Centre, just a stone’s throw away from St Paul’s. This is th...