Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

TWITTER – An interesting statistic doing the rounds is that there are now more food banks than McDonald’s in Britain, according to new figures. McDonald’s the American fastfood chain has become a mainstay on most UK highstreets, with 1,249 branches n...

MENTAL HEALTH - If your like us and have feelings of dread regarding another five years of Tory government, these numbers may help. Christmas is a difficult time.We hope you do not need to consult these services but at least you have the telephone nu...

ELECTION - We will be following the UK General Election 2019 with great interest here at ABC headquarters. We know just how fearful people are about another Tory government getting in, especially the disabled. We have to get on with everybody and we...

TRADING STANDARDS - We were able to help Jackie today to take her problem to Trading Standards.  If you have an issue this is how to contact them.  This is what Citizens Advice has to say.  If you think a business has broken the law or...

USA - The number of people who experienced some unemployment during 2018 declined by 1.3 million to 13.2 million. Their share of those who worked or looked for work during the year fell by 0.8 percentage point to 7.8 percent in 2018. That was the low...

BBC - A clip of Neil imploring the PM to appear for an interview - something all other party leaders have done - has been widely shared, and viewed almost 4 million times on Twitter alone (more than the initial viewing figures for Corbyn's interview)...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia issued the following statement on the November 2019 Employment Situation report: "The November jobs report vastly outpaced predictions, with 266,000 jobs created. With 41,000 jobs in upward...

PAYMENT DATES - In case you are wondering when your benefits will be paid over Christmas, this information should help Dates for all key benefits Attendance Allowance, State Pension, Carer’s Allowance, Disability Living Allowance, Employment and Supp...

TELEVISION - Following tonight’s Channel 4 Dispatches programme, the SNP has said this should be a wake-up call for the next UK government who must take urgent action to tackle the child poverty crisis - by immediately reversing the Tories’ brut...

ABC PRESS RELEASE - Civil Rights Organisation Working to help the Unemployed Seeks Parking Justice SIMON COLLYER, the founder of the Association of Pension & Benefits Claimants CIC, known as the ABC, is calling for a boycott of Holliday Inn hotel...