Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

JOB FAIR - Tendring Jobs & Careers Fair will be held on Tuesday 1st October, from 10:00am- 4:00pm at the Princes Theatre, Town Hall, Clacton on Sea. Hundreds of jobs will be available and there will be approx. 55 national and local employers...

Homelessness - Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran has renewed her call for the Vagrancy Act to be scrapped following the publication of new ONS statistics revealing a rise in the deaths of homeless people in 2018. The ONS data shows that there...

UNITY SPEECH - Europe is going through difficult times both in its relations with the rest of the world and in its infighting between Member States and even between regions. The European Union’s founding values are undermined by the incessant attacks...

IMPORTANT DATES - The European Food Banks Federation has brought to our attention some useful dates:  16 Oct: World Food Day 17 Oct: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 22-23 Oct: Child Guarantee Expert Workshop - Children living in...

ELECTION PROMISES - Benefits and Work have produced this wonderful round up of election promises. Here is what they have to say:  First up, Labour are pledging to abolish universal credit, scrap sanctions and axe the bedroom tax. They are even o...

HOMELESSNESS - The Social Democrats today committed to a national Youth Homeless Strategy to make sure that young people are no longer left behind in the homeless crisis. Focus Ireland a homeless charity is to deliver a petition s...

STRUGGLING FREELANCERS - Following the news that Boris' final offer to the EU in a last-gasp attempt to salvage a deal has already been deemed unacceptable by the Irish government, the UK economy stands to lose a huge chunk of the income generat...

FUEL ALLOWANCE - The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection’s Fuel Allowance 2019 / 2020 season will begin today, Monday 30 September. The weekly rate of the Fuel Allowance will be €22.50 while the value of the lump sum payment that w...

UNIVERSAL CREDIT - The announcement  (Saturday 28 September) that a Labour government will abolish the ‘cruel and miserable’ Universal Credit (UC) system has been warmly welcomed by Unite, Britain and Ireland’s largest union.   Unite has be...

INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITY - Not a normal week we can assure you, but the ABC and the quality of articles we write and publish is getting attention. We have had a huge surge in visits to our website this week. In fact, we are slightly baffled what has...