Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

Only a little over half of disabled ex-Remploy employees in Wales are now in work, according to figures obtained by Plaid Cymru. The UK Department of Work and Pensions said that the nine Welsh factories which shut between 2010 and 2013 employed 421 p...

The euro (EUR) is the official currency of the eurozone, which consists of 19 of the 28 member states of the European Union: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gree...

Labour Senator Mary Moran has said the passing of the Assisted Decision Making Bill in the Seanad on Tuesday and in the Dáil today marks a historic point in the fight for equality. Senator Moran stated: “The Assisted Decision Making (Cap...

David Cameron is preparing to use the full force of the law to clip the wings of the House of Lords after it blocked his welfare cuts. The House of Lords were in fact representing public opinion and the opposotion by the majority. Thse were changes t...

RTE, the Irish broadcaster, has a fascinating radio documentary about questionable firms and strange justice. Bogdan Chain is a Polish worker recruited by an Irish company Atlanco (registered in Cyprus to reduce its social and tax costs) to work in s...

It turns out that many offices and boardrooms of elected leaders have been filmed by an extension of Google’s Street View service.  It gives you an insight into the circumstances of those who make decisions concerning the low paid have to...

Benefit Sanctions - Dr Eilidh Whiteford kicks off an emotive debate in Westminster Hall, Parlliament on this topic. Dr. Eilidh Whiteford (born 24 April 1969) is the Scottish National Party (SNP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Banff and Buchan. Dr. Whi...

Todays ONS figures show for August to October 2015, 73.9% of people aged from 16 to 64 were in work, up 0.4 percentage points from May to July 2015 and up 1.0 from a year earlier. Britain’s jobs market continues to show signs of tightening but...

“Where is my son and what have you done with him? Today, he’s a social animal with too many friends to count and never at home. What a transformation. I cannot thank you enough. It has truly been the making of him. He now has a social cir...

The U.K.-EU negotiations have had an impact on timing of the package (which was due this month) but European Employment Commissioner Marianne Thyssen last night told the European Parliament, “We are finalizing the technical work on th...