Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS - There has been a sharp rise in cases going to employment tribunals particularly in disputes centred on working time and age discrimination. Employment tribunals concluded 14,000 claims from October to December 2020 a 24% increa...

OECD - Public unemployment spending is defined as expenditure on cash benefits for people to compensate for unemployment. The UK is therefore one of the lowest spenders on unemployment as a percentage of GDP (Gross Domestic Product).   This...

ABC Press Release - Following an appearance by Colchester MP Will Quince, Minister for Welfare Delivery at the Department for Work and Pensions along with Neil Couling, Senior Responsible Owner at the Department for Work and Pensions. Simon Collyer t...

US STIMULUS BILL - With House Passage, Congress Clears the Nearly $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Plan. Congress has given final approval on Wednesday to President Biden’s sweeping, nearly $1.9 trillion stimulus package, against Republican opposition. This ma...

The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee and the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee hold a rare joint evidence session examining the Government’s disappointing response to both committees’ recent reports on Universal Credit Watch...

MANDATORY ELECTRICAL TESTS - Landlords will have to make sure that electrical installations in their homes for new and existing tenancies are safety tested by a qualified person. From 1 April 2021 new regulations will require landlords to make s...

BUDGET DAY - The budget was not all bad.  The £20-per-week boost to universal credit will be extended until the end of September, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced in the Budget. The government will also give working tax credit claimants an equiv...

BUDGET DAY  - A shocking 715,326 private renters cannot cover the rent they owe with the amount of Universal Credit they receive. These are figures provided by Generation Rent. Wednesday's budget will be crucial for many and failure to...

JOB FAIRS - Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has announced a series of virtual job fairs being piloted by the Department for Communities over the next few months. The innovative pilot programme has been introduced as an alternative to physical job...

UNIVERSAL CREDIT - The pressure on chancellor Rishi Sunak to extend the £20-a-week uplift in Universal Credit (UC) indefinitely in next week’s budget has been reinforced by a new survey from Unite, Britain and Ireland’s largest union. Unite said...