Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

TRAINING - 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 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...

TAXES - 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...

FOOD 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...

PARAQUAY - 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...

SCHOOL 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...

LEGAL- 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...

LABOUR 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...

WORK 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 ...

PENSIONS - 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...