With two parents on £50k, take-home pay is £79,000. After childcare and rent, they're left with £24,800.
A family on benefits renting the same house would clear £30,000 after rent with no need for childcare.
You are better off on benefits than on a household income of £100k.
Gaddafi’s ‘Amazonian Guard’ — the so-called Revolutionary Nuns. Fierce, loyal, and wrapped in green, they were not just a symbol: they were lethal, highly trained soldiers. Pic estimated 1986-1994, Libya.
@the_stone_club five stars. the high-contrast, lighting, colours and framing reminded me of nicholas roerich paintings. experimental score by brian boydell. watched with @billybrichards.
you buy your groceries from gourmet. i buy libyan honey and freshly-milled tahina from hajj ahmed mousa al-siwi. our almaza experiences are not the same.
Not one normally to offer political thoughts publicly. But in 24 hours officials from both China and the US have congratulated the UK ahead of establishing new trading relationships. Something, somewhere must be going right!
Suns out guns out in the #zambian bush at the Yaza Ranch, over 19,000 hectares of land I’ve got the privilege to work on conserving!
#conservation#climatechange#sdgs
Great to meet and agree collaborative steps with the Zambian Development agency @promotezambia for planet repair and protection! Promoting UK and Zambian relations for Sustainable Development Goals #SDGs is a pleasure and a passion!
#climatechange#fintech#startup#uk
The United Nations has proposed the formation of a Private Sector Forum to focus on accelerating the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals -SDGs- in Zambia.