Do pensioners get housing benefit on top if they are renting? My wife and I could have a pretty comfortable life on £1600 a month between us. Mortgage paid off, so our essential costs are council tax… (View Post)

Rather like Cummings, whilst one may have limited respect for Vallance, that doesn't mean he hasn't got interesting things to say, or relevant notes from the time. Incidentally, I had some rather ted… (View Post)

From my perspective as a righty type, it's like the man is a raving schizophrenic. One moment he's doing stuff to make sure I never vote Tory again. Next he's busy trying to woo me with hints that he… (View Post)

https://www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67332093.amp?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16992677245572&csi=0&r… (View Post)

Can we have the thread header for another thread later today? Vanilla won't let me read it, and I'm quite interested in what AlenBrookehas to say (I largely agreed with part 1, but thought his "… (View Post)