Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

Scottish National Party MPs will oppose government plans to introduce Sunday Trading in England and Wales, to protect the rights of workers in Scotland. The SNP group have agreed this evening to vote against the proposals in the UK government’s...

Contributions to the debate around women’s rights and opportunities, especially in the workplace, have been ramping up over the past week. Here are a few of the most local and notable. European Roundtable of Industrialists: Roundtable reps tell...

Large French supermarkets will soon be prohibited by law from throwing away or destroying unsold food. Instead, they will have to sign donation contracts with charities such as food banks. They will also be obliged to stop deliberately spoiling food...

“David Cameron must take action on key issues affecting women”   The Scottish National Party has provided David Cameron with a “checklist” on International Women’s Day, urging him to take action on key issues affect...

Chancellor George Osborne has dropped plans to end or alter tax relief on pension contributions. A proposed scheme would have scrapped upfront relief, worth an estimated £21bn to savers, but made pension pot withdrawals tax free. An altern...

Greater productivity' but fewer jobs in changing UK retail market by 2025, says the British Retail Consortium (BRC) Almost one million UK retail jobs could disappear by 2025 due to the continuing growth of e-commerce and closure of physical shops, th...

We recently spoke to Andrew Forsey - amongst various roles, Andrew works as an aide to Frank Field MP, Chair of the DWP Select Committee - about the high cost of bank charges, broadband and telephony costs. This action on our part followed on from ou...

On iPlayer, you can watch television just a short while after it was first broadcast live and legally be allowed to do so. This was video on demand rather than broadcast television. If you only ever watch on demand programmes, you don&...

DWP Select Committtee Live Subject: Intergenerational fairness Witnesses: Rt Hon Lord Willetts, Executive Chair, The Resolution Foundation (formerly Minister of State for Universities and Science), Rt Hon Steve Webb, former Pensions Minister

The Poverty Alliance has backed the SNP’s call to put dignity and respect at the heart of Scotland’s social security system. Speaking on Good Morning Scotland, Director of the Poverty Alliance Peter Kelly said that: “When we talk to...