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More than 1.8million people have signed up for Universal Credit since 16 March, just days before the country went into lockdown. This is six times as many claims as usual, the Department for Work and Pensions has revealed. While it highlights just how devastating the virus has been for people’s livelihoods and the economy, it … Read more
Odeon cinema refuses to show all Universal movies – including new James Bond film No Time to Die – in row over films released straight to on demand The row comes following Universal’s decision to release movies via streaming Universal’s move comes after Trolls World Tour became an on-demand success Universal granted the likes of … Read more
Nearly a decade after Seth Rogen’s big-budget adaptation of The Green Hornet, Universal Pictures is taking their stab at the character with a new project. Universal Pictures announced a deal with Amasia Entertainment, which won The Green Hornet movie franchise rights in January, according to Variety. The deal comes just over nine years after Seth … Read more
The Night of the Hunter remake in development at Universal amid the massive production shutdown due to the COVID-19 outbreak By Brian Gallagher For Dailymail.com Published: 01:25 BST, 9 April 2020 | Updated: 01:25 BST, 9 April 2020 While film and television production has been suspended for weeks due to the COVID-19 outbreak, studios are … Read more
Last week This is Money published a piece with six basic things readers needed to know about Universal Credit, as figures revealed close to a million people applied for benefits in the first fortnight after lockdown. We were flooded with questions from readers, many of them incredibly specific. While we can’t answer them all, we … Read more
Nearly one million people have applied for Universal Credit in the past two weeks as businesses nationwide were forced to close to stop the spread of coronavirus. There have been 950,000 new benefit applications made since March 16, compared to 100,000 in a normal two-week period. Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a number of measures as … Read more
Online searches for terms including ‘furlough’, ‘Universal Credit’ and ‘how to claim benefits’ have skyrocketed as the coronavirus crisis has taken hold in recent weeks. Britons have been using Google to look up the Government’s guidance on helping firms with furloughed workers to keep them employed but without working. People suffering financial trouble during the … Read more
Nearly a million Britons try to claim Universal Credit over two week period after huge surge in ex workers claiming support amid coronavirus crisis Around 880,000 people applied for Universal Credit in a two week period This is significantly above the 100,000 applications normally made in a fortnight Labour MP Stephen Timms said some people … Read more
While the Chancellor has announced a series of measures over the last fortnight designed to cushion the blow for those whose jobs have been affected by the coronavirus outbreak, thousands will likely be turning to the benefits system. In particular, employees who have been made redundant rather than furloughed on half or 80 per cent … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more