Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

ENERGY - Industry experts have warned that millions of UK homes face a winter energy bill hike of over £110 a year due to soaring costs of buying gas and electricity from the global energy markets. A standard gas and electricity bill is expected...

HOUSING - Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) is the biggest landlord in Scotland, housing an estimated 85,000 people. Tenants are angry at its plans to raise rents – even though services have been drastically cut through the pandemic. Corporate W...

FOOD DONATION - Following the G7 Summit left over food has been donated to the Camborne, Pool and Redruth (CPR) Foodbank 3,000 breakfasts were unused by police and security catering, and handed to Camborne, Pool and Redruth (CPR) Foodbank. It said mo...

SINGLE PARENTS - Benefits loss for young single parents claiming Universal Credit slammed by MPs Campaigners want Tory ministers to reverse a benefits rule which they claim is pushing some young parents into poverty MPs have hit out at "ludicrou...

UNIVERSAL CREDIT - Bright Blue, the independent think tank for liberal conservatism, has today published new analysis, entitled Benefit to all? Financial experience of Universal Credit claimants during the pandemic. It reveals the troubling...

WORKERS RIGHTS - New workers’ watchdog will be created to protect the rights of UK workers. A powerful new workers’ watchdog will be created to protect the rights of UK workers, the government has confirmed today. Responsibility for tackling modern s...

THE MOTABILITY SCHEME - currently serves a large number of customers with disabilities. The number could be much higher. The data shows that only one-third of eligible disabled people are making the most of the everyday freedom offered by the Mo...

The High Court have granted two legacy benefit claimants permission to challenge the Government’s decision to not increase their legacy benefits in line with the £20 per week provided to those on Universal Credit. The hearing will be taking place dur...

SEARCHLIGHT SYSTEM - Digital team plans to move system to Amazon hybrid cloud and deploy to 100,000 users across Whitehall departments The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is rolling out a new customer information system to support its sta...

BROADBAND - 2.5 million people are behind on their broadband bills, with 700,000 of these falling into the red during Covid, says Citizens Advice.  700,000 people have fallen into the red on broadband bills during Covid. 18 to 34-year-olds...