Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

CORONAVIRUS - Communities Minister, Deirdre Hargey MLA, shown in the picture has announced that she is providing £200,000 match funding to Community Foundation NI’s (CFNI) Coronavirus Community Fund. The new fund is being used to support older p...

RENTING - Renters to Be Protected From Eviction, PM Says The government is bringing forward emergency legislation to protect private renters from eviction, Boris Johnson has said. Tenants were "worried sick" they might not be able to pay rents i...

UNIVERSAL CREDIT LEGAL - The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has identified nearly 100,000 Universal Credit claimants that it suspects may have claimed an advance fraudulently, according to the National Audit Office (NAO). In total,...

EVICTIONS - Have been stopped in liberal California for a few days a go and latterly the UK government has just followed suit. When the economy was normal, evictions have fallen to 7% of renters from a prevvious 9% - but that is still a huge percenta...

TV - Simon Collyer is appearing on RT TV evening news today. Not the greatest interview but you can catch Simon at 10:15 onwards this evening. The RT TV evening news airs at 7:00 PM, 9:00 PM and 10:00 PM. You could catch the last slot if you are in t...

The UK employment rate in the three months to January 2020 was estimated at a joint record high of 76.5%, 0.4 percentage points higher than a year earlier and 0.3 percentage points up on the previous quarter. The UK unemployment rate in the three mon...

NORTHERN IRELAND - Labour market statistics. The labour market statistics were published today by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. NI unemployment rate increased over the quarter and decreased over the year The NI seasonally...

THE MONARCHY -  The ABC wrote to the Queen and Simon Collyer said that the Right Honorable Sir Iain Duncan Smith's Knighthood was considered a stain on the monarchy. It was explained in a reply from Buckingham Palace that while the Prime Ministe...

CORONAVIRUS - The government are still requiring benefit claimants to attend meetings with their Jobcentre Plus, Work Coaches in England and Wales. whilst in Northern Ireland, this practice has been stopped. Work Coach is a fancy title. Companies sto...

CORONAVIRUS AND CLAIMING BENEFITS NI - Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey MLA today announced measures to ensure the continued delivery of important social security services, in light of the escalating issues around COVID-19. Explaining further...