Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

At least 2,500 jobseekers are expected to attend the 5th annual Intreo Careers Fair at the Printworks Conference Centre, Dublin Castle today which runs from 10.00am to 3.30pm.  The Careers Fair is organised by the Department of Employment Affair...

Do make sure that you are registered to vote in the Council Elections.  You need to register by 17 April to vote in the local and mayoral elections in England on 3 May. You may need the following, if you have them: your National Insura...

The two benefit payments affected by the holidays are the Child Benefits and Tax Credits which typically hit your bank account on April 2. Instead, the Child Benefits payment date was pulled back ahead of the Bank Holiday to Thursday March 29. Simila...

It is "last-chance saloon" for companies to report on their gender pay gap, the head of the Equality and Human Rights Commission has warned, saying the body "will be coming after" firms that omit to do so in time. Companies with more than 250 employe...

Reacting to the news that the Welsh Government is to provide local authorities across Wales with a package of £1 million to tackle “period poverty” and improve facilities and equipment, Plaid Cymru councillor Elyn Stephens said: &ld...

ABC Tip: Beat stamp price rises. Next Mon - standard 1st & 2nd class up 2p. The price of a 1st class standard letter rises to 67p, 2nd class to 58p. Large letters rise by 3p to £1.01 (1st class) and to 79p (2nd). As...

The Colchester Peoples Assembly are holding their AGM on the Thursday March 22nd 2018, at the Friends Meeting House, Church St, 7.30pm. This is the agenda:  Welcome new members, introduction to People’s Assembly Update on bank account...

The current lack of preparedness about the forthcoming changes to the Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) rules is a “horror” that shows both the meanness and lack of foresight of the government, commented Stephen Lloyd MP, Liberal Democr...

Social Democrats co-leader Catherine Murphy TD said renters are being priced out of Dublin into commuter counties – but without proper infrastructure supports being put in place. Deputy Murphy was commenting on today’s figures from the Re...

Since 2011, the Department for Work & Pensions has underpaid an estimated 70,000 people who transferred to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) from other benefits, according to a National Audit Office investigation today. The Department estima...