There are a couple of problems with the "lets just changing the pricing structure in some way" solutions to our very high energy prices. The first is the most obvious. If we go for a region… (View Post)

Whilst you are technically correct that it's a benefit withdrawal rather than a tax, it doesn't alter the reality that for people in this situation they end up with a whole £2.07 per additional hour … (View Post)

But that doesn't matter. They've banked that. The critical question is how much tax they pay on an extra hour worked. If they earn NMW that's £12.21/hr. For an extra hour they lose £6.72 in universal… (View Post)

The suggestion that the Monsal trail is either/or is daft. It was a double track main line, it would be perfectly feasible to put it back as single track with passing loops, with the trail on the spa… (View Post)

The trouble with the cultural thing is that unfortunately it's at least somewhat true. I was involved in a saga with a Nigerian chap in his 40s plus his wife and teenage son who turned up during the … (View Post)