@lufcdee@GrassfedSarah That's why its in place. Most people don't have time to go to the zoo mid week. Still got to be staffed for animal care. The charity has obviously decided its better to get the income from an ยฃ8 ticket than non at all. It's not government subsidised, just a business decision.
@otigart@ian4downton Private hire minibus doing a round to pick up SEND students isn't madness. Surely more sensible than buying and maintaining a transport fleet to be used twice a day
@StevePaul63 @db_fink "Armed Forces Independence Payment (AFIP) is a benefit for seriously injured service personnel and veterans" - but they shouldn't have a choice of car?
@Unionbuster@Ed_Miliband Looked into the stuff in there, it's interesting looking at the additional costs. But looking online at how the pricing the market cfd and contract cfd aren't additive. Looks like cfds under market price actually pay into the difference of contracts over the market price
@Unionbuster@Ed_Miliband The above states network costs increased significantly, and the highest increase in price on the graph was due to wholesale price increases. Why are we an outlier on the second graph? Eu average marginal rate is 40%, we pay 98%.
@Unionbuster@Ed_Miliband We have the most expensive electricity in the world because 98% is charged at the gas price even though it's on average 30% of the supply.
@GnarlyKnotts@OMaolainCiaran@SykesCharlie Field-Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army from 1942 asserted that the British "couldn't have come through both wars if they hadn't had the Indian Army." Churchill paid tribute to "The unsurpassed bravery of Indian soldiers and officers."
@mercianflaneur @realhansard Most upland moors changed during the victorian period with the popularity of grouse shooting. Regular burning to promote heather growth
@WoodyBrum@tommo5458@DamianLow3 @NicolaDJayne But is that including the allowance that businesses can claim back? That's gone from ยฃ5000 to ยฃ10500 so is that not a total NI increase of ยฃ500?
@WoodyBrum@tommo5458@DamianLow3 @NicolaDJayne Larger employers will pay more, the smallest companies will pay less as the allowance has more than doubled. Biggest % increase is for large organisations paying minimum wage.
@tommo5458@DamianLow3 @NicolaDJayne Minimum wage went up, most supermarkets are putting wages up. Royal mail increasing wages. NI exemption more than doubled so almost 2/3 of employers will pay the same or less NI. Do agree that they need to stop energy companies taking the piss though.
@basedsubotai @MartinSLewis Wind and solar are almost 1/3 the cost per Mwh of gas. Still obviously need gas currently, but why is 30% on average of the supply the price we pay for everything. If it was one or the other would be cheaper decoupling than scraping subsidies.