Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

I am very pleased to announce that the ABC is now on the list for receiving the latest news from the Scottish National Party (SNP). Special thanks to Susan Ruddick on the corporate side for getting us on inside track. We hope to b...

Live on the ABC website House of Commons- Work and Pensions Select Committee EVIDENCE SESSION: In-work progression in Universal Credit   9.30am, Wednesday 3 February, Grimond Room, Portcullis House This is the first of three planned ev...

The ABC has asked the Competition and Markets Authority to assess – is it fair that one company should have all the business from the DWP supplying clothing and footwear to claimants for interviews and starting jobs. Is there a proper tendering...

Live on the ABC website House of Commons- Work and Pensions Select Committee EVIDENCE SESSION: In-work progression in Universal Credit   9.30am, Wednesday 3 February, Grimond Room, Portcullis House This is the first of three planned ev...

David Cameron is said to be close to securing a deal for the UK to freeze in-work benefits to people from other parts of the EU The UK has been pursuing a deal that would allow it to deny in-work benefits to people from other parts of the EU for up t...

The DWP Committee will be discussing the progress of Universal Credit on Wednesday 3 February 2016 Meeting starts at 9.30am. You can watch it live here Witnesses: Tony Wilson, Director of Policy and Research, Learning and Work Institute, David F...

Ministers had proposed reducing the Employment Support Allowance payments to those judged unfit to work but well enough to attend interviews aimed at getting them back into the jobs market by £30 a week. Labour, Lib Dem and independent peers de...

In November 2015 Facebook was told by a Brussels court to stop tracking its users once they leave the Facebook site by using cookies. But the ruling contains some English words — cookie, homepage and browser among others. That, Facebo...

Committee questions DWP minister Baroness Altmann on bereavement expenses and help available In December last year the Committee launched an inquiry into the help that is available to people on lower incomes to cope with funeral expenses and the loss...

The Minister of Entertainment (we wish) at the Conservative Party, Boris Johnson, has been writing today about how we should not blame Google for their tax avoidance. ‘It’s the ‘UK’s’ fault that this is happening’...