General Discussion
Thank you for continuing to post on this thread. It means it keeps being bumped up to the top and thus continually reminding people how much has been spent on this plane when, at the same time for example, there has been a huge increase in the numbers needing to use food banks.
Article here by Baroness Altmann, a Tory peer and one time Pensions Minister, on why the 2.5% bit of the triple lock should be 'revisited'. At one point she quotes the full state pension amount for those in receipt of the state pension since 6.4.2016. Just to point out that you only get that amount if 1) you have 36 years worth of the right type of NI contributions because 2) if, for example, ...
Were those French planes painted during a time of economic crisis? We're talking about almost a million quid being spent on repainting a plane.
I wonder how she would manage if she was ever down on her uppers.
Dawlish Town Council planning committee @18.6.20 PARISH: DAWLISH WARD: Dawlish South West APPLICATION REF: 20/00805/FUL LOCATION: Site of Shell Cove House 19 Old Teignmouth Road Dawlish Devon EX7 0NJ PROPOSAL: Formation of six dwellings, garages and associated works Comment: RESOLVED unanimously by Members present and voting that this Council recommends REFUSAL of this application due to the ...
and then read this: Free school meals: ‘I only eat one meal a day so my children don’t go hungry’ https://inews.co.uk/opinion/free-school-meals-vouchers-summer-holidays-uk-children-hungry-449261
and if the plane painting jobby wasn't bad enough now some Tories want money spent on not one but two new royal yachts. What planet do these people live on?! Boris Johnson asked by Penny Mordaunt to be 'bold' in ... www.portsmouth.co.uk › News › Defence 11 hours ago - ... Royal Yacht Britannia' in a 'bold' plan drawn up ...
As is pointed out in the article below (see link) the UK state pension is presently based on the National Insurance contributions of an individual not that individual's wealth. If the government were to suddenly make it means tested wouldn't that be moving the goal posts just a tad too far? The goal posts have already been moved remember by the raising of the state pension age (now 66 years). ...
I know that in the scheme of things £900,000 is not a big amount but is this really necessary given the economic hit so many have taken over the past few months and that so many more will be feeling in the months to come? Couldn't that £900,000 have been spent in a better way? ...
Both the Express and the i newspapers lead today with the story that the way the state pension rises each year is now under threat. You may have heard of 'the triple lock'. This triple lock determines how much the state pension rises each year. Which ever is the highest of the following three criteria determines how much the pension gets raised; a) average wage increases b) ...
