General Discussion
So the question is.........which of the two will end up with (scotch) egg on their face? From one of today's national papers. "If May’s Scottish gamble comes off – which would mean Scots vote to stay in the UK and to accept the Brexit terms, while delivering a possibly mortal wound to the SNP in the process – the Tories will be beside themselves with delight. If it fails, May will have ...
Timeline of changes to women’s State Pension Age (SPA) 1995 : The 1995 Pensions Act brought in a gradual rise to equalise women’s SPA with men’s at age 65 by 2020, beginning with women born after 6 April 1950. The DWP failed to notify women individually. A 14 year gap and then......... 2009 : The DWP began a programme of writing to women individually, by age group, to inform them ...
@Paul i think that idea might get scotched.
By drinking lots of scotch whisky? And perhaps the party goers should invite some scots bagpipe players?
Here's the link to the thread I was posting on back in Feb 2011 about this very same issue. https://www.dawlish.com/thread/details/17333
I’ve posted before about the issues concerning the raising of the state pension age and 1950s born women https://www.dawlish.com/thread/details/45135 Last Wednesday there was a demo in London about all of this. The police estimation was that 5,000 attended and I know that those demonstrating came from all over the country. There is a report about it all on page 2 of the latest edition (15th ...
Yesterday's fixfest was well attended with over 40 fixes provided by highly skilled volunteer fixers. The organisers hope to do something similar again in the autumn.
On Thursday 4th May Dawlish voters will have the opportunity to elect one councillor to represent Dawlish on Devon County Council. There are many reasons why those who may wish to vote may not be able to do so in person (infirmity, on holiday, work commitments etc) in which case they can vote by post. Details of how to do so can be found here https://www.teignbridge.gov.uk/votebypost
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/housing-benefit-axed-18-21-year-olds-dwp-damian-green_uk_58b99db8e4b0d2821b4dcc6e
more info here (and note there is something 'special' for those within two years of passing their driving test). http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39118523
