Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

The United States presidential election of 2016, scheduled for Tuesday, November 8, 2016, will be the 58th quadrennial U.S. presidential election. Article Two of the United States Constitution provides that for a pe...

Cork South West Labour Party TD Michael McCarthy has welcomed the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office which show that 29,000 more people are in work than in December 2014. Deputy McCarthy commented: “The fact that so many more peo...

Happy Christmas to our Orthodox Christian visitors Many Orthodox Christians in the UK attend special liturgies on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. The Christmas Day liturgies may begin at midnight (00:00) between Christmas Eve and Christmas Day o...

The Agenda Oral questions: Energy and Climate Change, including Topical Questions Business Statement: Leader of the House Backbench Business: Effect of the equalization of the state pension age on women Backbench Business: Children in care Adjournmen...

On Thursday 7 January MPs will take part in a debate on a motion relating to the effect of the equalisation of the state pension age on women in the Commons Chamber. This debate was scheduled by the Backbench Business Committee f...

Bereavement benefits The Committee Meeting kicks off at 09:30AM Witnesses: Lucy Coulbert, Managing Director, The Individual Funeral Company, Coulbert Family Funerals, Nigel Lymn-Rose, National Association of Funeral Directors, Mohamed Omer, Muslim Co...

Labour Youth has today reaffirmed its position on tackling precarious work by making a submission to the expert consultation group which will look into legislation to end the use of If and When Contracts, as recommended by a study conducted by the Un...

High Pay Centre Lunchtime Lectures Do you ever feel that someone else is grabbing all your 'cheese'?  The High Pay Centre are running two thought provoking lunchtime lectures. Well worth a visit if you are in London. High Pay and Inequality:&nbs...

Figures show that with 11,345 new businesses in Wales in 2015, Wales had fewer business births than the rest of the UK. Plaid Cymru's Shadow Economy Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth has pledged to tap into Wales' entrepreneurial spirit as figures reveal tha...

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