Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

SUPREME COURT - Even judges can suffer it seems. This case is coming before the Supreme Court. District judges are full-time judges who deal with the majority of cases in the county courts. They are assigned on appointment to a pa...

MENTAL HEALTH - On world mental health day, SNP MP Douglas Chapman is calling on the UK government to provide better mental health support to military personnel who have been medically discharged.   The call follows a new report by Help for...

HOME OWNERSHIP - Just under 40 per cent of the UK’s homeowners are committing more than a third of their salaries to purchasing their properties, a new survey has revealed. Household debt is at an all-time high. However, despite this over stretch peo...

UNEMPLOYMENT FEARS - Amid mounting concern the that UK will crash out of the European Union without a Brexit deal, the country’s leading campaigning union, Unite, is to reconvene with cabinet minister Michael Gove today (Wednesday 9 October) to warn...

APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNTITES - Jobs Growth Wales is a programme designed to get unemployed 16-24 year olds living in Wales into employment for six months in a job paying at least the National Minimum Wage. The first Jobs Growth Wales scheme star...

HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE - The Department for Communities (DfC) has launched the roll out of the Uniting Communities Through Sport and Creativity programme within the Castlederg area in County Tyrone.  The Programme is part of the Northern Ireland E...

HOLIDAYS ABROAD - We have just come across a claimant given the wrong advice by his Work Coach. On Universal Credit you can go on holiday abroad for a month without having your benefits stopped.  The EU was meant to bring about freedom of moveme...

GETTING MOBILE - The Kickstart (Wheels to Work) Scheme is a vehicle loan scheme which aims to help people aged 18 years or older living in rural areas get to work or training.  You can borrow and have the...

HOUSING CRISIS - The benefit freeze is pushing low income families to the brink, with more than nine in ten homes for private rent (94%) too expensive for those on housing benefit. Two thirds of these families (65%) are in work. Research by the Natio...

GLOBAL JOB CUTS - There has been extensive media speculation today (Monday 7 October) that the international bank HSBC is to cut a further 10,000 job worldwide. Interim Chief Executive Officer Noel Quinn seeks to reduce costs, says a report by Financ...