It's the main means-tested benefit. People claiming ESA or JSA only will likely have working partners and/or money in the bank. DLA and PIP are non-means-tested top-ups payable whether you are in wor… (View Post)

It's great for boozy days out. I have never understood why someone would live to old age somewhere there isn't public transport. However much you like living in the sticks, it makes sense to move to … (View Post)

That's not going to be a difficult change then. Get off one train and then hop on the next on the same platform, 2.5 minutes later. (View Post)

NI isn't hypothecated, it goes straight into the general fund. NI Contributions as qualifiers for pensions and benefits are a purely administrative process. (View Post)

Surely a good reason for not visiting elderly relatives was to not give them a potentially fatal disease. I certainly didn't visit my mum and neither did she expect me to. (View Post)