Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

Commenting on Octobers figures, ONS deputy head of labour market statistics Matt Hughes said: “The employment rate is still rising year-on-year, but this growth has cooled noticeably in recent months. Among the under-25s, the employment rate has actu...

QUEENS SPEECH - The Queen has confirmed that the implementation of the Pensions Schemes Bill will be brought forward, legislating for the introduction of pensions dashboards as well as collective defined contribution (CDC) pension...

LATEST STATISTICS - The labour market statistics were published today by the Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency (NISRA). NI unemployment rate remains below UK rate. The latest NI seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for the period Jun...

UC STATISTICS - As we say here at the ABC: '90% of people are not sure if they belive in statistics, the other 10% don't know' (Boom, Boom). This interactive map shows how many Universal Credit claims are live and in what areas.  http://dwp-stat...

STRIKE ACTION - The civil service’s biggest union has claimed responsibility for a hiring drive that is expected to create 56 new Department for Work and Pensions roles in Derby related to Universal Credit. PCS said members at the city’s Universal Cr...

POVERTY - More than 300 organisations have taken part, organising over 400 events across Scotland! Supporters included 15 faith leaders, 20 local authorities, schools, football clubs, businesses, politicians, trade unions, third sector, public sector...

MONEY - The Bank of England has unveiled the new £20 note, which contains “sophisticated security features”, making it the “most secure Bank of England banknote yet”. It has two windows and a two-colour metallic hologram which makes it harder to coun...

PARKING COWBOYS - Our Colchester MP Will Quince (Cons.) is taking up an interesting matter on our behalf regarding private parking companies - as an example, Parking Eye Limited. We are asking if merely parking in a parking space managed by a private...

UNPLUGGED - The right to switch off, sometimes called the ‘right to disconnect’, refers to a worker’s right to be able to disconnect from work and refrain from engaging in work-related electronic communications, such as emails or other messages, duri...

GOVERNMENT CUTS - North Lanarkshire Council are warning of huge cuts.  Councillors were presented with a  comprehensive five year financial plan [753kb] (2020/21 to 2024/25) at a meeting of the Policy and Strategy Committee o...