Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

HMRC raised £536.8 billion of tax revenues this year, an increase of £19.1 billion (3.7%) on 2014-15 and paid out £40 billion in benefits and credits (approximately one-fifth of the government's total benefit expenditure). The taxes...

Employers have responded to the National Living Wage (NLW) by raising prices or reducing profits rather than cutting jobs, but more will have to look at productivity-enhancing measures in the coming years, according to a new report published today (M...

I have just returned from the Via Sacra Walk and had a break from editing the ABC website. I had hoped to do some posting but the laptop I took had a mixed reaction to hotel wireless networks, and as such I decided to have a complete break.  We...

Leaving the European Union would benefit the rich and hit those on the lowest incomes the hardest, Britain’s Chancellor George Osborne said Monday. “When there is a recession, it is the poorer communities who are first hit and who suffer...

The timing of Tuesday’s European Court of Justice ruling on Britain’s right to limit welfare benefits for migrant workers couldn’t be more delicate. A defeat for the U.K. government on such a red-hot topic would be a shot...

Real wage growth strengthened in recent months, driven in part by the welcome pay boost delivered by the new National Living Wage, the Resolution Foundation said today (Wednesday) in response to the labour market statistics. Real earnings growth incr...

John McDonnell, the Shadow Chancellor, has said that the Labour party has been considering a radical approach to ensure everyone in the country receives an income. Universal basic income would see everyone receiving a flat fee rather than the current...

A new report by Citizens Advice Scotland has highlighted a series of flaws ‘inherent’ to the design of Universal Credit, with vulnerable Scots likely to suffer if the UK Government fail to fix their botched welfare reform.   The repo...

Former Minister for Employment, and Labour Party Senator Ged Nash has said the effective ban on collective bargaining for freelance workers must be ended by the new government. He explained, "Two significant events have occurred this week which requi...

District Judge Barron has raised the prospect that some of the Conservatives’ general election victories could be voided as he granted more time for Kent police to investigate allegations of electoral fraud by the party. The allegatio...