I'm not a partisan Tory - I often vote Lib Dem in local elections - but I think my view is that the Tories have (deservedly) received a general election kicking that will - and should - keep them out… (View Post)

Here is my take on DWP. They are prioritising "front line staff". So far, so good. The DWP has a big tail. Although that is partly because of the complexity of the benefit system. Take 1. T… (View Post)

While you say benefits are very low - and for say a single healthy person out of a job they are - they are also cumulative, so if you can persuade the state you are ill, and/or disabled, and/or have … (View Post)

Benefits, apart from State Pension, rise by the September inflation rate (View Post)

I was once nearly hit by a cyclist on a crossing on St James's St, Piccadilly. There was a van stopped at the crossing, I couldn't see past it so I peered round it and a cyclist hurtled past inches f… (View Post)