Autumn Budget latest: * National living wage to rise by 10% to £10.40 * 8m households will get cost-of-living payments worth up to £1,100 to help with bills * But average energy bills will still rise… (View Post)

In my recent experience (12 nights with broken hip & elbow) I could have been discharged two days faster if the different services were better at talking to each other. While the surgical side di… (View Post)

Scottish Parliament now policing what people wear to hearings: A woman sitting quietly in the row behind me at the @SP_EHRCJStage 2 hearing on the GRR Bill wearing a purple, white and green knitted s… (View Post)

Productivity in Quarter 3 (July to Sept 2022) was up 0.2% on the previous 3 months on the per hour worked basis. It was 2.0% above its pre #COVID19 pandemic levels. ➡️ http://ow.ly/3CCb50LEl6n https:… (View Post)

The irony is that the most vociferous criticism of the order for new ships is coming from supporters of a government that can’t even build two ferries - at least one of which may never enter service,… (View Post)