Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

UNIVERSAL CREDIT - National poverty charity Turn2us has surveyed 2,014 working age adults around the UK to better understand their financial situation and concerns. The research shows how: An additional 3.46 million are expected to make a claim...

NI EVICTION - Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey MLA has thanked Assembly members for swiftly passing legislation to strengthen protection to private renters during the COVID-19 crisis. The Private Tenancies (Coronavirus Modifications) Bill was...

US HOUSEHOLD DEBT - The United States household debt surpassed the $14 trillion mark for the first during the fourth quarter of 2019 to stand at $14.15 trillion. The debt which entails mortgage, revolving credit, auto loan, credit card, student...

POCKET MONEY - If you can measure it goes the adage, you can manage it. We have been sent a list of useful apps if you want to control your childrens pocket money.  1. gohenry If you want your child to start learning about saving and spending (b...

PARLIAMENT - You may want to visit this Economic Affairs Committee meeting on Universal Credit. Economic Affairs Committee Tuesday 28 April 2020 Meeting starts at 3.35pm   AGENDA Subject: The economics of Universal Credit Witness(es): Paul...

HOUSING - New Economics Foundation senior researcher Hanna Wheatley, Islington councillor Diarmaid Ward, and Acorn national organiser Anny Cullum talk about homelessness and renters. At the end of last month, the Government gave councils 48 hour...

DWP FAILURE - The UK Statistics Authority wrote to DWP on 22 April to express concern that it had not published some information about Universal Credit claims during the coronavirus outbreak, despite having previously announced—including to...

HARDSHIP - 134,000 families applying for Universal Credit as a result of coronavirus are estimated to be affected by the Two-child Limit. Almost a third of children in the UK live in poverty – that's around nin...

US UNEMPLOYMENT - Another 4.4 million people filed jobless claims in the U.S. last week, bringing the five-week total to a staggering 26 million, the highest on record. ABC Comment, have your say below:  

BUYING ONLINE - We ordered a pack of two 'hotel quality' pillows from eBay and only one pillow turned up. This is difficult because there was no delivery note in the parcel. However, the invoice showed two items. So we wrote to the trader and complai...