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04-03-2023, 07:59 PM | #851 | |||
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Disabled people get more as do people with children. Not that I think it's a good situation but really there's no reason for someone who isn't disabled and doesn't have childcare responsibilities to be long-term COMPLETELY unemployed. If they have a learning disability, mental health issue or addiction issues then they'll most likely be able to claim disability benefits not just rock-bottom unemployment UC. Again I'm not defending our benefits system here - it's woeful - but just that it's a very unusual situation for a single "unencumbered" adult to be long term unemployed for no reason. At least, not one who chooses to or has to live alone. There are of course many unemployed adults who live with family. AGAIN not really judging - I technically was one of them for 18 months at age 18 to 20... Dropped out of my first attempt at Uni at 18 and a half, went back for my second run at it when I was 20. I did literally **** all in the 18 months between those dates ... . Last edited by Soldier Boy; 04-03-2023 at 08:03 PM. |
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04-03-2023, 08:22 PM | #852 | |||
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Yes, when I was unemployed it was really hard to manage to pay my bills. That was 10 years ago.
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05-03-2023, 12:06 PM | #853 | |||
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I remember it being extremely tough paying rent and bills - and our rent was pretty cheap (we were in a coronation street-chic Lancashire redbrick terrace ) and I swear gas and electricity was only something like £75 a month. I have no idea how people in that situation survive now. We're happily on a much higher income now but Wtf does a young family on minimum wage do with a £400 gas/electricity bill? I think I'd have been off a bridge somewhere . In fact... My wife's aunt had a huge house and lived alone and kept offering to move us in. Realistically, if this situation had been happening back then, I think we'd have had no real choice but to take her up on that. |
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05-03-2023, 04:07 PM | #854 | |||
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07-03-2023, 05:39 PM | #855 | |||
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Two old coal-fired power plants have begun generating again as the UK expects to see its coldest night of the year so far.
The plants had been put on standby in case of shortfalls, but started feeding power into the grid this afternoon. National Grid blamed high demand and a shortage of electricity from other sources. The coal plants began operating in 1966 but were due to close last September. However, operators have kept them open for an extra six months at the request of the government, amid fears of possible power shortages. Temperatures are expected to drop to -15C (5F) in some parts of the UK on Tuesday evening, with snow sweeping parts of the country. The cold snap is expected to last for the next few days, with weather warnings in place across the UK. |
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16-03-2023, 12:58 AM | #856 | |||
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[The energy rebate scheme - paid direct
to customers in six instalments of £66 and £67 a month - has not been extended and will end this month.] SkyNews Site |
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16-03-2023, 05:56 AM | #857 | |||
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Extending this would have actually helped people as it would have put people in credit ahead of next winter ...the price cap is meaningless
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16-03-2023, 06:01 AM | #858 | |||
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the idea was that it helped people over the winter months when they used most electricity, but as most people pay monthly DD and always pay the same amount, it's completely stupid
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16-03-2023, 07:30 AM | #859 | |||
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Sensible Sallies like me will have no gas at all to pay over the summer because we've swallowed those huge winter bills in a defiant show of strength. |
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16-03-2023, 07:36 AM | #860 | ||
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I think this was an important across the board help to all. That £60+ monthly help was urgently needed when the prices rose. Those costs still remain now. Had they gone ahead with the price cap increase. A need for more to be added to that £60+ monthly assistance would have been more likely needed. So to scrap that assistance completely now is a very bad move I agree. Last edited by joeysteele; 16-03-2023 at 07:37 AM. |
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16-03-2023, 09:55 AM | #861 | |||
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Hopefully we will have nicer weather in April and won't need to put the heating on that much.
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03-04-2023, 09:23 AM | #862 | |||
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[Suella Braverman has been using taxpayer money to pay her energy bills. The paper alleges the Home Secretary has claimed nearly £25,000 in expenses for her London home, while living with her parents when she isn't staying there. There is no suggestion any of this is outside the rules around claiming expenses]. Last edited by arista; 03-04-2023 at 09:24 AM. |
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03-04-2023, 11:41 AM | #863 | |||
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So she claims £5 grand a year on her London (work) home but she lives at home with her parents when not in London for work.
Where exactly is the ruddy story here. Where do her husband and 2 little kids live? Maybe she doesn’t want to live on her own when in London for work. Last edited by smudgie; 03-04-2023 at 11:45 AM. |
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03-04-2023, 11:47 AM | #864 | |||
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There should be stricter criteria on what can and can't be considered a work expense. Either that, or the govt. should provide University Halls style residences for all MP's free of charge, and if they want anything more than that then it's out of their own pocket. Quite amusing the thought of them all having to fight over the toaster . Last edited by Soldier Boy; 03-04-2023 at 11:48 AM. |
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03-04-2023, 11:50 AM | #865 | |||
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i have no problem with them tightening up on loop holes exploited by mp's
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03-04-2023, 11:52 AM | #866 | |||
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03-04-2023, 11:54 AM | #867 | |||
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This is not right
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03-04-2023, 02:24 PM | #868 | |||
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For MP's I reckon it should be simple enough; if you spend 51% or more of the days in a year at one address, that's your main residence. |
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18-04-2023, 05:02 AM | #869 | |||
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[New rules governing what energy firms can and cannot do with domestic customers' meters is The Guardian's lead.] |
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19-05-2023, 03:46 AM | #870 | |||
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[The government's plans to develop hydrogen gas as part of its net zero drive will add nearly £120 a year to the average household's energy bills, according to the Daily Telegraph. The scheme, which is expected to cost £3.5bn a year between 2030 to 2040, could add £118 to household bills, the newspaper reports.] |
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19-05-2023, 10:06 PM | #871 | |||
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19-05-2023, 10:10 PM | #872 | |||
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19-05-2023, 10:13 PM | #873 | |||
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If the Tories want to send me some money, then they can buy my vote if they want. I know Labour won't give me anything.
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20-05-2023, 04:27 PM | #874 | |||
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Energy bills for a typical household are expected to fall by nearly £450 from July, according to new forecasts.
Consultancy firm Cornwall Insight predicts bills could drop by as much as £446 under a new official price cap set to be announced by Ofgem on 25 May. A typical user pays no more than £2,500 a year for their energy because of the Government's Energy Price Guarantee. Analysts predict the new price cap will be set at £2,054 for July. Then it is expected to fall further in October to £1,976. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65655866 |
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20-05-2023, 04:32 PM | #875 | |||
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