Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Appellant) v MM (Respondent) (Scotland) – UKSC 2017/0215 On appeal from the Inner House, Court of Session, Scotland The respondent ("MM") is a 47 year old man who has suffered from anxiety and depression for...

The London Legal Support Trust, the organisation behind the The National Pro Bono Centre, based at 48 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1JF do fantastic work helping those who cannot afford  legal representation.  You can join in and give the...

The Disability Benefits Consortium - Has Welfare Become Unfair - report which talks about the impact of welfare changes on disabled people was launched in the Atlee Suite, Portcullis House, Westminster, SW1A 2LW on the 16th July.  The...

Ouch! Between 1st April 2018 and 31st March 2019, the Trussell Trust provided 1,583,668 emergency supplies to people in crisis – a rise of 18.8% compared to the previous year. ABC Comment, have your say below:  

Disabled people are hardest hit because of changes to the welfare system leaving them in poverty. Disabled people are four times worse off financially than non-disabled people, according to new research commissioned by the Disability Benefit Consorti...

The report, Has Welfare Become Unfair, is being launched by the Disability Benefit Consortium (DBC) in the Houses of Parliament Tuesday afternoon. 80 charities and organisations are involved supporting the presentation of this report in the, Atlee Su...

Judgment in the following Supreme Court case will be handed down on Thursday 18 July 2019 at 9.45am in Courtroom 1: Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Appellant) v MM (Respondent) (Scotland) – UKSC 2017/0215 On appeal from the Inner House, Cou...

DWP’s Reducing Parental Conflict programme has published a report looking at how parents from low-income households access online information and what support is most effective. The findings of the report will be interesting to policy makers and fami...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a video encouraging people to claim their State Pension online securely and quickly, rather than make a phone call or fill in a paper form. The service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a...

Changes to Universal Credit Improvements have been made to help claimants understand their Universal Credit payments. On the ‘Home’ page of a claimant’s online account, a ‘Payments' section is now available as soon as the claim is made that will disp...