Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

DEPOSIT FRAUD - It’s been revealed that fraudsters are targeting vulnerable tenants during the deposit payment stage of the letting process, with the Islington Gazette reporting one couple were conned out of £1,385.  Full article here. Jess...

ROGUE LANDLORDS ALERT - Is your tenancy deposit protected? The latest research from Ome has highlighted the huge sums of tenant deposit money that are unaccounted for and could be unprotected as a result of rogue landlords or agents not depositing th...

LEGAL - Leigh Day are back in the news again today fighting for the rights of single mumms who want to work.  A single mother who had to cut her hours as an advisor and resort to borrowing from a ‘payday lender’ because of the way childcare bene...

LEGAL RULING - The ruling upholds two successful High Court challenges brought by TP and AR, in which the courts found that individuals previously in receipt of the Severe Disability Premium (“SDP”) and Enhanced Disability Premium (“EDP”) are to...

BENEFIT CHANGES 2020 - Turn2Us have created this handy list of benefit changes.  Turn2us won the Guardian’s 2019 Digital Innovation Award. Well done chaps.  In 2020 a number of changes are being made to welfare benefits and tax cr...

CITIZENS ADVICE - The last week of January is the busiest time for debt advice at Citizens Advice. Analysis of last year’s data revealed that on a single day, 29 January 2019, Citizens Advice offices helped 2,776 people with a debt problem- 24%...

UNIVERSAL CREDIT CLAWBACKS - Campaigning SNP MP, Chris Stephens, has slammed the Tory government for clawing back £50 million in Universal Credit loan repayments from some of the poorest in the UK in just one month – saying it is a clear sign of...

 ABC WEBSITE CHANGES - Read Speaker, has been implemented on the ABC website. Now visitors can listen as well as read articles on our website.  We hope that this new innovation will enhance visitors experience. All credit to the Read S...

LEEDS - Leeds Food Aid Network meeting. Date: 28th January 2020 Venue: St. George's Centre, 60 Great George Street, Leeds, LS1 3DL Time: 2.15pm to 4pm Please sign up for free here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leeds-food-aid-network-...

CAREERS ADVICE – The ABC was invited to speak at Portsmouth Aspirations Week 2020, a new initiative from the Economic Development Department at the Portsmouth City Council. Our remit was to talk about careers at the Portsmouth Academy on Friday 24th....