Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

Provide by disability campaigning group Black Triangle this latest update on DWP related deaths makes for grim reading.  Chae Bennett  aged 21, committed suicide on April 15 this year in woodland near his family home takes his own life, bec...

House of Commons Work and Pensions Select Committee Committee Re-Opens Auto-Enrolment Inquiry For New Evidence On Lifetime ISAs In the 2016 Budget, the Chancellor announced the introduction of a Lifetime ISA, which will be available to any adult unde...

Young people in Scotland will be given additional support to start their working lives by an SNP Government – as Nicola Sturgeon sets out ambitious plans to use the new powers coming to the Scottish Parliament to keep Scotland moving forward.&...

Scottish disability campaigners are seeking a criminal investigation into former Work and Pensions Secretary Duncan Smith. John McArdle, of Black Triangle, said the group had made a complaint to Police Scotland over a failure of Duncan Smith and form...

A terminally-ill woman was told by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) that she risked being charged with an “offence” and would lose part of her benefits if she used an insurance policy windfall to pay for her own funeral. DWP bos...

SNP Say they will base social security system on dignity and respect The Scottish National Party will maintain support for disabled people and stand firm against any further cuts to disability support by the UK Government, Alex Neil said today, as t...

A persistent beggar frequently seen on the streets of Nottingham has been jailed for nine months after breaching an earlier order to curb his behaviour. Peter James Biggins, aged 32, of Framework Housing, London Road, Nottingham, was senten...

Live - George Osborne’s testimony before the U.K. Treasury Select Committee on the benefits of EU membership,  Subject: The economic and financial costs and benefits of the UK's EU membership Witness: Rt Hon George Osborne MP, Chancel...

Politicians respond to new ‘state of the nation’ Poverty in Scotland 2016 report Poverty in Scotland 2016 is a unique publication drawing together the expertise of academics, anti-poverty campaigners and other experts both in Scotland and...

House of Commons Work and Pensions Select Committee On Wednesday 23 March at 9:30 am in The Wilson Room, Portcullis House Tomorrow: Pensions roundup including latest developments from the Budget Tomorrow morning the Committee will hear from represent...