Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

One for the diary next year is: The London Job Show Friday & Saturday 26-27 February 2016 10.00am – 6.00pm The London Job Show showcases some of the very best employment and training opportunities from the region’s most respected Intern...

The local Living Wage Campaign has come up with these statistics from the ONS There are 19,000 jobs in Colchester (22.7%) currently not paying the Living Wage, with workers in the cleaning, catering, hospitality and care...

This letter to David Cameron is very interesting. A lot of attention was focused on the Oakley Review and a great deal of work was done on the effect of sanctions. Yet there has been little change. A yellow card and just delaying...

EVIDENCE SESSION: Benefit delivery  9.30am, Wednesday 4 November, Wilson Room, Portcullis House  The Work and Pensions Committee is holding an inquiry into the timeliness and accuracy of benefit delivery by the DWP. Potential problems that...

The final report of Fabian Commission on Food and Poverty The final report of the year-long Commission sets out how a fairer food system can be built that works better for people on low incomes. Drawing on public hearings, expert testi...

EVIDENCE SESSION: Department of Work and Pensions Annual Report and Accounts, 2014-15   9.30am, Wednesday 28 October, Wilson Room, Portcullis House  This is Committee’s first oral evidence session of the new Parliament with the Secreta...

Ray Dalio (born August 8, 1949) is an American businessman and founder of the investment firm Bridgewater Associates.In 2012, Dalio appeared on the annual Time 100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world. In...

The government has been defeated in the Lords over tax credit cuts to be introduced in April next year. The House of Lords has voted to delay cuts to tax credit cuts, having decided against scrapping the changes entirely. Lib Dem Baroness Manzoo...

Tax Credit changes are being debated at the DWP Work & Pensions Committee  

The House of Lords will vote on motions that could delay the controversial cuts or sink them altogether. Ministers say peers do not have the right to block financial measures approved by the House of Commons. A point dismissed by others. Labour's sha...