Latest Articles By Simon Collyer
Boris Johnson Announces Training and Skills Transformation
Tuesday 29 September, 2020TRAINING - Facing mass unemployment with large job losses being announced daily, the government is announcing large scale funding to help people retrain. The Prime Minister will today set out plans to transform the training and skills system, making...
State Pension Age About To Increase In The UK on October 6th
Tuesday 29 September, 2020STATE PENSIONS - The age you can get your state pension in the UK is set to rise from October 6th, you will need to be 66 to claim your pension. That means anyone born after 5 October 1954 will have a state pension age of at least 66 - for some...
Trump's Tax Revelations - Hardly a Surprise
Monday 28 September, 2020TAXES - Donald Trump paid just $750 (£580) in federal income tax both in 2016, the year he ran for the US presidency, and in his first year in the White House, the New York Times says. The newspaper - which says it obtained tax records for Mr Tr...
International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste 29 September 2020
Monday 28 September, 2020FOOD WASTE - On 19 December, 2019, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) designated 29 September as the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (IDAFLW), recognizing that the observance of an IDAFLW would contri...
The British Embassy in Asuncion, Paraguay, Support "El Embajador" Beer Collaboration To Raise Funds for Soup Kitchens
Monday 21 September, 2020PARAQUAY - In an original collaboration, the British Embassy in Asuncion and local craft brewery “The Hop” joined to create the beer “El Embajador” (The Ambassador). The Hop will donate the proceeds from the sales of “El Embajador” throughout the mon...
Isolating Welsh Pupils to Get School Dinners Confirms Education Minister Kirsty Williams
Monday 21 September, 2020SCHOOL DINNERS - The Welsh Government will ensure all pupils entitled to free school meals will continue to receive provisions if they are shielding or have to self-isolate thanks to £420,000 of funding confirmed by Education Minister Kirsty Wil...
Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett of Maldon Discusses London Legal Walk Challenge
Wednesday 16 September, 2020LEGAL- Each year, the London Legal Walk, organised by London Legal Support Trust, brings the legal community together to raise much-needed funds for frontline free legal advice agencies. These agencies help people in great need who are dealing w...
ONS Labour Market Figures Masking True Rate of Unemployment Say Chamber of Commerce
Wednesday 16 September, 2020LABOUR MARKET SURVEY - These are the latest figures: The British Chamber of Commerce has said: Commenting on the ONS labour market figures for September 2020, published today, BCC Head of Economics Suren Thiru said: “Despite the slight rise in the un...
Northern Ireland Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings
Tuesday 15 September, 2020WORK DATA - The ASHE is a UK wide survey that provides data on hourly, weekly, and annual earnings by gender, work patterns, industry, and occupation, including public versus private sector pay comparisons. Latest results published 29 ...
WASPI Pension Campaigners Appeal Dismissed in the Court of Appeal
Tuesday 15 September, 2020PENSIONS - Two women affected by controversial changes to the state pension age have lost their Court of Appeal challenge. Campaign groups such as "WASPI" and "BackTo60" emerged to challenge the government's decisions to challenge the moving of the r...
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