After the 5th of April 2013 there will be several changes, with more to follow later. The ‘bedroom tax’ only applies to council and housing association homes, so not generally relevant to our clients. Already, if you privately rent, you are only eligible for any housing benefit based on the…
Following David Cameron’s speech on 23 Jan 2013, it seems worth reviewing our thoughts within the first article. It would seem that if the Conservative party is under David Cameron’s leadership, and if they win the next general election in 2015, he has now committed the British people to an…
Benefits in London – Personal social benefit or London business subsidy With the full range of benefits being rolled in to Universal Credit, it seems worthwhile to review the role and purpose of the benefit system, and its application to London, as the UK’s premier city. The national minimum wage…
Bulgarian and Romanian workers to get standard rights to work and live in UK from December 2013 The Home Secretary Theresa May has confirmed that the current restrictions for both Bulgarian and Romanian workers will be removed from December 2013. It is likely other political parties will encourage the conservatives…
Universal credit – what we know, and what we don’t What we know Universal credit will be implemented from October 2013 for new unemployed claimants, and for people in work, new claimants from April 2014. It will eventually replace, Housing benefit, Working tax credit, Child Tax credit, Income based job…
Britain in Europe Some of you may have heard that the Conservative party are keen on a referendum on Britain’s relationship with the European Union. First of all, it is certain this will not happen until 2015. And if it happens, it will likely be some time after the next…
Fear of immigration status change We now know that Bulgarians and Romanians will get full access to the UK labour market from December 2013. But why are people from Eastern Europe who have already settled in the UK not so optimistic now. Partly because they feel their jobs might be…