New Warm Home Discount
The BBC has been reporting that this government's new Warm Home Discount has a limit to the amount of funds available to it and some power companies will be running it as a first come, first served...
View ArticleMisinformation
Why is it that people who are supposed to be in the know arent? I asked my work pension people what I should do to stop paying tax now that I have retired. They told me to send my p45 to them.I did.I...
View ArticleChris Huhne claims UK energy prices are 'relatively good'
The Energy Secretary Chris Huhne today claimed householders in Britain were enjoying 'relatively good electricity and gas prices' compared to other countries, amid fresh warnings that electricity bills...
View ArticleSupermarkets - prices & inflation
An article caught my eye this morning on the BBC website, it was about Hummus, you know, the dip. The article stated how Hummus had come from been a fringe hippy food to be a mainstream supermarket...
View ArticleWhat will they think of next?
Banco Santander have launched a new savings "Product" onto the UK market which takes top prize for sheer cheek ("Mucha cara" as they say in Spain).......... Santander has outlined plans to "turn the...
View ArticleHindsight
About 12 years ago the good people of the area that I live (Scarborough)were asked to take a vote. This was for people living in council houses.Not everyone. The forms were sent out saying if you want...
View ArticleThe public sector pay freeze and the abolition of national pay rates
BBC Article Guardian George Osborne , that lovable millionaire plutocratic, Bullenden buddy club fiscal auteur we all know and love to...has done it again! How do think all public sector workers will...
View ArticleIs it fair that Cameron reduces women's income to fund tax cuts for the rich?
Cameron's problem with women Unemployment, childcare and winning back the trust of older voters are just three of the pressing issues facing his future advisor for women At a time of soaring female...
View ArticleSingle 30% income tax rate?
A single 30% rate of income tax is needed in order to boost growth in the UK, a report by lobbying groups says. The 2020 Tax Commission's report also calls for the abolition of national insurance, and...
View ArticleThe Tory demonisation fetish - and just what is 'a problem family'?
Latest post on my blog skwalker1964.wordpress.com: As someone who pays close attention to news and politics, and who has an eye for patterns, it’s very clear to me that the Tories have a particular...
View ArticleAre public sector pensions really unaffordable?
When the state retirement pension was introduced in the UK almost exactly a hundred years ago, it was paid to people over 70 years of age. Life expectancy was 71.5 years. More recently, the pension has...
View ArticleSoldiers sacked before pension pay-out?
Putting this one here as it is to do with pensions and this governments attempt to save money...... Soldiers sacked before pension pay-out? Did the army deliberately sack soldiers because they were...
View ArticleSquatting - who are the real criminals?
Cameron's fascist government has just brought in a new law to make squatting a criminal offence, punishable by a fine of up to £5,000 and six months’ imprisonment. For a start, the punishments show how...
View ArticlePensioners are failing to claim billions in benefits
Since the 80's when the State pensions link with male average earnings was broken by Margaret Thatcher, means testing pensioners on a wide scale has been the norm. New Labour continued this means...
View ArticleRail commuters face 5.9% fare rise
It might interest some people to know that privatisation of our railways in 1992 under Tory PM John Major cost UK tax payers £400 billion a year to subsidise, where as nationalisation prior to the...
View ArticlePay Day loans with 4,000% APR interest rates; is this moral or just plain...
CHARITY SHELTER REPORT IN TOO PAY DAY LOANS. WITH 4,000% APR INTEREST RATES. I know that one Labour MP has been battling to end pay day loans with interest rates of 4,000% APR and up to know this banal...
View ArticleGovernment to introduce new £170 death tax
Death is going to get more expensive - by about £170. Whether you are burnt or buried when you go, the government is planning to grab an extra £170 from your estate via a new death tax. It claims the...
View ArticleWinter Fuel Payment was cut and we let elderly people die from cold and...
Did you know that this Tory lead coalition Government have cut the pensioners Winter Fuel Payment, they say, in a bid to save money and cut the Deficit. I write this because the BBC TV media have not...
View ArticleIs the new state pension plan fair?
The government is going to change the pension to one flat rate, is this a simpler and fairer way of planning for retirement and does it give women and the lower paid a higher amount. Also it does away...
View ArticleWhat you probably suspected is indeed true
Foreign power firms charge British customers more for electricitySunday Times headline 20.01.13 A report of the VaasaETT think-tank reveals the mark-up on wholesale prices can reach 49%, which means...
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