@gunsnrosesgirl3 This has been studied, the prime function of a lottery is to raise money and they raise more by having single large prizes than more frequent or limited jackpots
@____Foxtrot____ I think it's more worrying that, despite all the talk of lessons being learned, the first response to the request for a national inquiry was to label it as far-right which was exactly the same thought process that led to the victims being ignored or blamed in the beginning!
@griffsback@LPerrins@Keir_Starmer Oh that's OK then, the sudden imposition of additional costs is just one of those things? Could you cope if, for example, your mortgage or rent went up by 20% with 3 months notice?
@gmhales Bad news only flows uphill to good leaders who recognise its value as a tool to improve performance, morale and effectiveness in an organisation and it's people
@MFSM2015@Miss_Snuffy It's actually one of the unintended consequences of the private schools VAT thing, parents that could afford private will, in some cases, elect to get it "free" by moving house
@MFSM2015@Miss_Snuffy Admissions catchments are almost impossible to fudge in favour of a "more able" intake, as I mentioned above catchment selection is pretty much universally weighted towards wealthier parents who can afford to move into a "good" catchment or out of a "poor" one