Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

THE MONEY AND MENTAL HEALTH - charity has launched a new campaign: Set Up To Fail. The campaign calls for urgent action from the government to fix design flaws in the Universal Credit system to ensure that anyone who needs help with Univers...

ALCOHOL ABUSE - Are you drinking too much?  Almost half of UK adults (49%) who have either been made redundant or are in the process of redundancy are drinking more than they usually would have prior to the pandemic, latest research from Drinkaw...

 RENTERS RIGHTS - From Monday 14 June to Sunday the 20 June 2021 Generation Rent are organising seven free online webinars for private renters. You can help make this week a success say the organisers.  1) Book your place on one of our webi...

PRISON & SECURE HOSPITAL WORK - In May 2021 Amina Memon and Nicholas Hardwick, from the Centre for the Study of Emotion and Law, at the Royal Holloway University of London produced their report into “WORKING IN UK PRISONS AND SECURE HOSPITAL...

WORKLESS HOUSEHOLDS - Latest statistics below: Of the estimated 21.0 million households (where at least one member is aged 16 to 64 years) in the UK, 59.0% had all household members aged 16 years and over in employment during January to March 2021, d...

APPRENTICESHIPS - Under a new scheme businesses can claim £3000 for each new apprentice they take on. From today employers of all sizes in England can now apply for extra funding to help them take on new apprentices, in the latest drive to revolution...

HEALTHCARE - Healthcare spending has skyrocketted due to the panademic. Here are the stats in brief: Total current healthcare expenditure in 2020 is estimated at £269 billion, a cash increase (not removing the effects of inflation) of 20% on 2019. Th...

HOMELESSNESS - The large number of people sleeping rough in Dublin is an indictment of the government's failed housing policy, according to Social Democrats Housing Spokesperson Cian O’Callaghan.    “New data from the Dublin Regional H...

EVICTIONS - The Coronavirirus eviction ban comes to and end today.  It is estimated some 400K tenants face eviction though up to a million people could be at risk. During the pandemic, bailiffs were asked not to carry out evictions if anyone liv...

GOOGLE - DWP and Google join forces to grow jobseekers’ digital skills. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has partnered with Google to provide 9,000 jobseekers across the UK with scholarships to gain a Google Career Certificate.  T...