Quoted by @ChrisGiles_ https://t.co/gXvo4Ek6sq
Consider person on £30k
NI rise >£250
income tax up c.£150 due to freezing of allowance
Inflation at 6% reduces real value of take home pay by
nearly £1.5k
A big loss. Average pay won't rise close to enough to compensate
To all parents who are requesting live video lessons so your children can keep learning new content:
Please stop. You might as well ask a mechanic to fix your car over the phone. If children could learn effectively from watching videos, we'd all be unemployed already.
@TrundleAlong Care workers often work for private businesses. Those businesses should have some PPE in stock anyway as workers always move between homes - the current situation has flagged the need for better practice
@Saralimback@NightSkyLantern They are only interested in boosting their own profits absolutely nothing to do with supporting the NHS. Luckily people are calling them out on this on twitter and Facebook
A very important plea from #Kilkeel#Coastguard today....DO NOT LIGHT CHINESE LANTERNS on Thursday night. If you do, your action could cause danger to the lives of neighbours, farm animals and wildlife. Our emergency services are overstretched as it is! #ThinkBeforeYouAct#NHS