Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

The Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection Regina Doherty T.D., has welcomed the continuing downward trend in national poverty rates, as shown in data published by the Central Statistics Office in the Survey on Income and Living Condit...

Some benefits over the festive season will be paid early. The benefits which will be affected are child benefits, tax credits and pension benefits. These payments are usually paid on the last working day before the bank holiday they are due. Here are...

One million children living in poverty in England will miss out on free school meals under Universal Credit (UC) proposals, a children’s charity has warned. Under current proposals, people in receipt of UC benefits will be means tested for free...

Temperatures drop triggers Cold Weather Payments A drop in temperature across parts of Northern Ireland has triggered the first of this winter’s Cold Weather Payments. A total of £393,000 will be paid to just under 16,000 people who quali...

A ministerial plot to scrap the Working Time Directive in the UK reported today (Sunday) could deny paid holidays to millions of workers, and make long working weeks the norm, the TUC has said. The Sunday Times and Sun both report plans by ministers...

Since 2010, successive Tory Governments have aimed to save public money by cutting addiction services. Since addiction is often stigmatised, perhaps these politicians feel justified in cutting these unarguably essential services. These cuts really st...

“Yule pay” — mum on benefits spends £2,000 on Christmas presents for her six children say the Sun.. Homeless up by 65 percent in seven years. Homelessness is on the rise and is now affecting families who would never have expec...

A touching tale.  Staff and councillors at East Hampshire District Council have bought more than 200 Christmas presents for vulnerable children in the district. The presents have been wrapped and delivered to children put forward by local school...

Friday, 15 December, 2017: Employment Affairs & Social Protection Minister, Regina Doherty, T.D. today launched ‘Supporting Transgender Inclusion in the Workplace: Guidelines for Employers and Employees’ which were prepared by TENI. S...

A press release issued from FEANTSA the European Federation of National Organizations working with the Homeless. FEANTSA is delighted to learn that, on 14 December, the United Kingdom High Court ordered the Government to stop deporting...