Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

Clients living in England threatened with homelessness within 56 days are within scope for legal advice following implementation of housing legislation passed in April 2017. Previously, clients in England were not entitled to legal advice until the t...

Turning the Tide. The Centre for Social Justice have been examining the fortunes of five seaside towns: Rhy. Margate, Clacton-on-Sea, Blackpool, Great Yarmouth. This is what they have to say: Cities have come to embody how we view modern deprivation...

SNP MSP Bruce Crawford is encouraging commuters across Scotland to do the Daily Mile challenge this Friday (6 April) and put a spring in their step on National Walk to Work Day.   The Daily Mile challenge was first introduced by Elaine Wyllie in...

The SNP has said the Tory UK government is “letting young people down” by refusing to change the law to ensure all that workers are entitled to a real Living Wage. Under current UK government legislation, younger workers can be discrimina...

Scottish taxpayers are saving an average of over £160 a year on their prescriptions compared to patients south of the border, SPICe calculations reveal.   On average, Scots take out 19 prescriptions per year. If these were charged at the E...

Happy Easter to all our audience. Why do we eat Easter Eggs at this time of year?  The Easter season in the UK includes the 40 days of lent and Holy week culminating in Easter Sunday – also known as Resurrection Sunday....

Not more snow surely? As a weather system moves in from the south and comes up against cold air over the UK, there is the chance that rain could turn to heavy snow in places. Several cm of snow are possible, especially over hills, with drifting in st...

As the National Living Wage increases to £7.83 per hour on 1 April 2018, find out whether your lifestyle would be affordable on the National Living Wage. It takes someone on the average UK salary seven months to earn the annual salary of someon...

SNP Social Justice spokesperson at Westminster Neil Gray MP has said that a u-turn from the UK government on housing benefit for under 21s shows the Tories have ‘finally realised penalising young people in this way is callous.’  ...

 Over 2 million people on the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage will get a pay rise on 1 April when new rates come into force Full time workers on the National Living Wage will earn over £600 more a year, a total uplift of ove...