Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

 The ABC has been appointed a partner of the Electorial Commission in relation to their campaign to encorage people to register to vote on-line. The Electoral Commission is an independent body set up by the UK Parliament. It regulates party and...

The good folk at the Jobcentre Plus bright ideas department, are up to it again, and this time the effects are close to home. Sanctioning Claimants is bad enough, but how mad can it get, when the JCP start sanctioning people for not job searching eno...

DWP has published a State Pension Toolkit, with guidance and promotional material to help organisations and employers communicate the changes to the State Pension being introduced in April 2016. From April 2016 the current State Pension will be repla...

Thursday 19th March Trade Union Unite are organising a day of protest against benefit sanctions. Unite is angry over the way the government imposes benefit sanctions to ‘vulnerable’ claimants – leaving millions of people in poverty, debt, ill health...

The weekend newsletter from the Institute of Economic Affairs has this 2-minute video about the regressive impact if indirect taxation on those with the lowest incomes. The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) is a think tank based in Westminster, Lon...

Welcome to the growing number of visitors coming to the ABC website and those brave souls (just joking) who have registered as members. Early days for us to organise treats for our loved ABC members, but in time as we grow we will be making sure that...

The government today named and shamed 70 companies that have failed to comply with Minimum Wage legislation. The current National Minimum Wage rates are: -adult rate (21 and over) £6.50 per hour-18 to 20 year olds £5.13 per hour-16 to 17 year olds £3...

The government claims there is no alternative to the austerity agenda while failing to close a tax gap that loses the UK economy £120 billion a year. However PCS (the Public Services and Commercial Union) have launched a very interested report by Ric...

We are pleased and excited to make the acquaintance of top author Stewart Lansley. Stewart’s new book ‘Breadline Britain’ authors Stewart Lansley and Joanna Mack, one World Publishing, is currently making waves and we may well review the book in the...

Universal Credit (UC) will be made available at 150 additional job centres over the next two months, with all job centres due to be covered by next year.The payment replaces six different benefits, including housing benefit, JSA and tax credits, and...