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THE PUBLIC  - who are forced to self-isolate but struggling to pay their bills can apply to receive a month of benefits without leaving the house. The Department for Work and Pensions has rolled out this offer at jobcentres across the country to...

HOMELESSNESS - Today, Saturday 21st March, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced that, with support from Government, 300 hotel rooms have been secured so that people sleeping rough in London can self-isolate over the coming weeks. The Mayor’s te...

BENEFITS UPLIFT - The Chancellor has  outlined an unprecedented package of measures to protect millions of people’s jobs and incomes as part of the national effort in response to coronavirus. This comes as Government instructs entertainment and...

CORONAVIRUS - Communities Minister, Deirdre Hargey MLA, shown in the picture has announced that she is providing £200,000 match funding to Community Foundation NI’s (CFNI) Coronavirus Community Fund. The new fund is being used to support older p...

RENTING - Renters to Be Protected From Eviction, PM Says The government is bringing forward emergency legislation to protect private renters from eviction, Boris Johnson has said. Tenants were "worried sick" they might not be able to pay rents i...

UNIVERSAL CREDIT LEGAL - The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has identified nearly 100,000 Universal Credit claimants that it suspects may have claimed an advance fraudulently, according to the National Audit Office (NAO). In total,...

EVICTIONS - Have been stopped in liberal California for a few days a go and latterly the UK government has just followed suit. When the economy was normal, evictions have fallen to 7% of renters from a prevvious 9% - but that is still a huge percenta...

TV - Simon Collyer is appearing on RT TV evening news today. Not the greatest interview but you can catch Simon at 10:15 onwards this evening. The RT TV evening news airs at 7:00 PM, 9:00 PM and 10:00 PM. You could catch the last slot if you are in t...

The UK employment rate in the three months to January 2020 was estimated at a joint record high of 76.5%, 0.4 percentage points higher than a year earlier and 0.3 percentage points up on the previous quarter. The UK unemployment rate in the three mon...

NORTHERN IRELAND - Labour market statistics. The labour market statistics were published today by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. NI unemployment rate increased over the quarter and decreased over the year The NI seasonally...