Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

Unite, the UK and Ireland’s largest union, has secured victory after a two year struggle for a group of low paid workers employed by the sub-contractor ESS, part of the multi-million  pound Compass group, following the ‘theft’ of their working w...

Tesco is to cut around 4,500 staff in the latest round of retail redundancies. The majority of the jobs will be cut from 153 mid-size Metro stores and the smaller Express chain of shops and the larger superstores. Footfall has been lower than hoped....

FOODBANKS - We have just updated the Trussell Trust entry in our directory: https://www.abcorg.net/food-bank/trussell-trust  New data released earlier in the year April 2018 to March 2019 showed this period to be the busiest year for food b...

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a rule to help strengthen retirement security for millions of small business employees across America. The rule makes it easier for small businesses to offer retirement savings p...

A CAREER WITH THE DWP  - The Daily Record made a Freedom of Information record UK Government said 61 senior civil servants in the DWP last year got awards at an average of £9600. The DWP’s bonus figures emerged in a freedom of information reques...

FRANK FIELD MP - first became a Labour MP after serving as Director of the Child Poverty Action Group from 1969 to 1979. Mr Field is now standing for a new party. The 77-year-old Mr Field, who has served since 1979, shared the news in his consti...

USA JOBS INCREASE - Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 164,000 in July, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.7 percent. Notable job gains occurred in professional and technical services, health care, social assistance, and financial act...

REGULATION 47 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 states people can be given prison sentences for not paying council tax only if they have done so due to “wilful neglect or wilful refusal”, meaning those who have fallen...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND SOCIAL CARE OMBUDSMAN DECISIONS - We all know the authorities can get it wrong for time to time. By reading up on other claimants’ outcomes you can get a feel if you have a case? The more transparency the better, and it...

RECESSION LOOMS - In its quarterly inflation report, published today, the Bank of England has warned that even with the smoothest possible Brexit there is a 1/3 chance of a UK recession.   Also published today, the IHS Markit PMI for U...