What if MPs had to Use Job Centres
I’ve recently heard about sanctions, when someone has been kicked off benefits after 3 months, despite their efforts to find Continue reading
The Well Unfair State of the UK
I’d like to gather up some factors of things going on at the same time and put them together in Continue reading
Into Work – Fair and Simple
Thinking slavery (my definition: unpaid, manual or menial labour meted out in a punishing way) was abolished 180 years ago, Continue reading
The Total Cost of HMRC’s Incorrect demand for my Working Tax Credit Overpayment
How much does the Working Tax Credits Office spend on collecting over payments? I’m sitting on a bed covered in Continue reading
Never Knowingly Beaten — victory in Working Tax Credits dispute
Yesterday, I found a letter from HMRC in my post. Trepidatiously, I opened it and found a two page letter, Continue reading
People With Disabilities Probably Want to Work More Than Average
In 2005, I started working on a careers magazine for disabled graduates called the Arberry Profile. The problem with the Continue reading
Absurdities in car insurance
Apparently, because my car was broken into in London, it makes me – not my car – a higher risk to the insurer. It doesn’t matter where I live. I could have been robbed in downtown Los Angeles and then moved to a hamlet in Wales, but I would still be a higher risk and therefore have to pay more for my car insurance, even though I haven’t even claimed or cost the insurer a penny extra.
Will They Weaken us with Words?
“Words,” FR David sung in the mid-80s and, a bit later in the song, “how can I find a way to Continue reading
Dairy of A Nonny Moose 