Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

EXTRA MONEY - Households receiving certain benefits could be eligible for extra money to help keep warm during the cold weather between now and the end of March 2023.  DWP’s Cold Weather Payments are an automatic bank top-up of £25. The payments...

CHELMSFORD COMMUNITY RADIO  - Simon Collyer appeared with Nita Jhummu who hosts City Talk on Chelmsford Community Radio. Simon appears after nine. Great show and well worth a listen.  Be warned it is the whole show:  Please click...

EXTRA PAYMENTS -  Over 11 million pensioners have started to receive payments of up to £600 to help with their energy bills this winter. This includes the Pensioner Cost of Living Payment, a top up to regular Winter Fuel Payments of an addi...

UPRATED BENEFITS -  Around 40 million individuals across the UK currently in receipt of a State Pension or benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will see their payments increase...

ENERGY SAVING - We have been sent some tips for landlords that are useful reading for tenants as well. NEW statistics revealed by the Alan Boswell Rent Guarantee Insurance experts have highlighted: ●      A 60% surge in deman...

FRAUD ON THE RISE - Recent data from Forbes revealed over £609.8 million was stolen through scams in the first half of 2022. A popular tactic used by scammers is to pretend they're calling from a trusted business or organisation, often with the...

WINTER FUEL PAYMENT - If you would like to know more about the Winjter Fuel Payment this video ought to help.  Most payments will be made automatically in November or December. You’ll get a letter telling you how much you’ll get. If you do not g...

BONB SCARE - A Jobcentre in Fife has been locked down after the discovery of a suspicious package sparked a bombscare. Police Scotland was called to the incident at Jobcentre Dunfermline at around 12.15pm on Friday and the building has been evac...

DWP COVER UP - The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) unlawfully prevented the release of secret reports into the deaths of at least 20 benefit claimants, the information commissioner has ruled. The commissioner, John Edwards, has found that...

DWP MINISTER OUT: Chloe Smith No Longer Work and Pensions Secretary. Chloe Smith, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, is the latest member of Liz Truss's cabinet to announce she is out. She says she will support the PM from the backben...