Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

Iain Duncan Smith has said his officials who used fictional claimants to show the impact of benefit sanctions could face disciplinary action. This is predictable of IDS as he tries to force others to take the blame. The Secretary of State is the Head...

With all the calls for Duncan Smith to resign, we came across this nugget of information. According to Hurriyet Daily, up to three-quarters of suicide attacks are now carried out by women because they face less security scrutiny and have many options...

Debbie Abrahams MP has called for Ian Duncan Smith, Secretary of State to resign. This is pretty powerful stuff. You would not say such things about an individual Member of Parliament, never mind a government minister, unless relations were at breaki...

This is a rather baffling one for us. Simon Collyer the ABC founder managed to aquire two speeding tickets from a local speed camera in Colchester on getting back to driving after five years. A notorious camera at the end of a long sloping road.The a...

Great News that Frank Field MP is taking up our complaint about Universal Credit to Ian Duncan Smith at parliamentary Question Time.  Why are not Company Directors and Charity Directors allowed to apply for Universal Credit? FROM MY LETTER Many...

From the BBC The Department for Work and Pensions has admitted using made-up stories from fictional claimants to demonstrate the positive impact of benefit sanctions. A DWP leaflet featured one welfare claimant, "Sarah", who said she was "really plea...

Priti Patel: In the HofP 'Let me say again, for the record, that we will publish the data—[Interruption]—and that, before the autumn, we will publish all the aspects of those data that we have been asked to publish.' List of upcoming ad hoc stat...

The ONS have reported that UK unemployment stood at 1.85 million in the April to June period, up 25,000 from the previous quarter. This is the second consecutive rise in unemployment, the jobless total had also risen in the three months to May. The O...

Universal Credit, it's not 'credit' and it is certainly not 'universal'.  Our latest ‘Dear Ian' letter ought to give the UK Secretary of State some food for thought? See what you think of our arguments? We ae keen to see people, in-work and...

High Pay Centre analysis shows hidden cost of big pay differentials within organisations Workplaces with big pay gaps between the highest and lowest wage earners suffer more industrial disputes, more sickness and higher staff turnover than employers...