Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

From April, people reaching state pension age will receive a “flat rate” worth £155.65 a week, instead of the current basic pension worth £119.30, which has additional elements. Most people will not receive the headline amount...

The London Job Show Friday & Saturday 26-27 February 2016 10.00am – 6.00pm Westfield showcases some of the very best employment and training opportunities from the region’s most respected International, National, Regional an...

Effects of tax-benefit policy changes across the income distributions of the EU-28 countries: 2013-14 and 2014-15 A new report using the newly updated and released version of EUROMOD (G3.0) provides a country-by-country analysis of how household inco...

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation do some interesting work. This is from research work by the Foundation on benefit sanctions.  Jobseeker’s Allowance claimants received a total of 500,000 sanctions however the majority of people who were sanc...

Carers in Scotland will be given a greater say about the support given to them under a new law introduced by the SNP. The Carers Bill, passed today by the Scottish Parliament, will grant carers the right to request an assessment of their need for sup...

British Prime Minister David Cameron accepted a long-standing invitation to speak at the European Parliament, where he will appear on February 16, two days before EU leaders discuss his proposals for reformed U.K. membership of the EU at a...

The German government is proposing new asylum laws, expected to be voted in Parliament at the end of February, the so-called “asylum-package 2” (Asylpaket 2), that would restrict the rights of asylum-seekers. Main points: R...

SNP MP Challenges Pm On Benefit Sanction "Aspirations" SNP MP Anne McLaughlin has today challenged the Prime Minister over DWP staff being given "aspirations" for the number of benefits sanctions they impose. Various allegations of DWP staff being pr...

Human rights campaigners say ‘no coherent case’ for repeal of human rights act The Faculty of Advocates and the Law Society of Scotland have joined the growing criticism of the UK Government’s plans to repeal the Human Rights Act. B...

SNP Westminster Leader Angus Robertson MP has called on the Prime Minister to defer the date of the EU referendum.  Speaking during Prime Minister’s Questions today, Angus Robertson MP asked David Cameron for a commitment not to hold the E...