I could see them then moving *all* NHS and care funding to the H&SC levy at some point. It might make it easier to increase NHS funding if it came from increasing the levy, which people might sta… (View Post)

Well if the difference between Nice and not-Nice is really only £100pw, then my state pension will pay for it. While I reckon my occupational pension isn't quite enough to live on (I have a personal … (View Post)

Probably not by as much as you think, as we have got quite good at keeping unhealthy people alive. (View Post)

There's an R in the month. Essex Natives have only been available since Wednesday last week. If you were Whitstable before then you were eating Rocks. And it goes without saying that Kentish oysters … (View Post)

No-one has commented on the fact that NI is paid by the working age to fund state pensions for the, er, retired. So perhaps it's quite right that, while working, we all pay into an insurance scheme f… (View Post)