Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

  The ABC is moving. From Europarl this morning: You are also on our website, in the partners list http://www.europarltv.europa.eu/en/about-europarltv/our-partners/websites.aspx At the Parliament website this morning: Your submission can now be...

Did you know the Parliament offers traineeships to young people? Find out with Adela and Freddie how to apply and what kind of an experience could be in store for you too. Watch the video below. Traineeships for university graduates are called a Robe...

Sorry Severe network outage Wed, 10 Feb 2016 14:57 We experienced a large distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack against our ISPs network. This is resulted in loss of connectivity to a wide range of  services.  The patient ha...

The Schengen Area is the area comprising 26 European countries that have abolished passport and any other type of border control at their common borders, also referred to as internal borders. It mostly functions as a single country for international...

DWP Debate: Work and Pensions Committee Wednesday 10 February 2016 Meeting starts at 9.30am A workplace pension is a way of saving for your retirement that’s arranged by your employer. Some workplace pensions are called ‘occupational...

Worker exploitation is not an isolated or marginal phenomenon. But despite its pervasiveness in everyday life, severe labour exploitation and its adverse effects on third-country nationals and EU citizens – as workers, but also as consumers &nd...

The ABC is in discussions with the European Parliament, Directorate-General for Communication, Directorate for Media about hosting video and live coverage of EU debates and EU policy updates. This video is an interesting one if you are thin...

The Welfare State and the fight against inequality The European Social Model as an element of European identity. With special reference to the German case By Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) on 05/02/16  This policy brief...

Following the latest snub to the Welfare Reform Committee from a DWP Minister, the 10th since 2010, the SNP has called on the Prime Minister to deliver on the respect agenda he promised in 2010 and require his Ministers to appear before Scottish Parl...

More Than 30,000 Disabled People Could Lose Mobility Vehicles in Scotland EILIDH WHITEFORD: IDS Must think again about welfare threshold The Scottish National Party is today highlighting that more than 30,000 disabled people across Scotland...