Like Sally, originally a diminutive of Sarah, it has made it all the way to being considered an independent name. (View Post)

Well, he's ignorant about one thing. Six months non-means-tested unemployment benefit is still available, under the name JSA, and it was never "no questions asked", the legislation says you… (View Post)

There is no Civil Service pension fund, it is a pay as you go scheme. It is "notionally funded" ie they work out contributions based on current and future liabilities as if there were a fun… (View Post)

The new Civil Service pension scheme is not defined contrib, it is career average revalued rather than final salary. Can't speak for other public sector schemes but I presume I would have heard if th… (View Post)

Me too. Have been there recently (well, pre-pandemic) and it's a great place. Lviv's Austro-Hungarian charm, Kyiv isn't bad, exploring the battlefield of Poltava, visiting Chernobyl that was one of t… (View Post)