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The employer contribution went up to 27% I think.
The employer contribution went up to 27% I think.What is it BTW? I called Teacher Pensions the other day to ask what the deal was if I ever went back and they said cos I’ve been out over five years I’d start on the new pension that came in in 2022 but didn’t say what that was.
The employer contribution went up to 27% I think.
Whilst I agree with all of this in principle, Its worth pointing out that UK wages are not significantly different to comparable nations.
UK wages are marginally better than France, Spain, Italy & Ireland, whilst marginally worse than Germany & the Benelux nations for example......
What REALLY fucks us Brits up is the cost of living + the overall tax burden....Housing, Rent, Insurance, public transport even the aforementioned shit costa coffee......way way over-priced compared to the other EU nations.
Similar to Italy where the wealth is in the north and a lot of the south is destitute. Hopefully the UK manages to avoid the same level of brain drain in the long term.I don't think that's necessarily true, the UK pay is skewed greatly by some very high earners in the city and generally in London and the South East. The rest of the country is basically a low wage economy, 40% of people claiming Universal Credit are in employment.
I don't think that's necessarily true, the UK pay is skewed greatly by some very high earners in the city and generally in London and the South East. The rest of the country is basically a low wage economy, 40% of people claiming Universal Credit are in employment.
I might have picked it up by mistakeThe Mrs moving my belt somewhere so I’m walking around trying to hold up my chinos.
That explains the vomiting this morningI might have picked it up by mistake
Me too, if that is any consolation!That explains the vomiting this morning
Used to be relatively easy if you were both working to afford your first house. Ok this was 40 years ago!There’s not really such a thing as affordable housing. If new properties are high end, then logically those moving in are leaving lower end properties open.
Don’t know about Italy, but our problem here is we just stopped building anything about 50 years ago. Transport, infrastructure like reservoirs, and housing, all ground to a halt.
You’ve got local councillors in London Zone 1 complaining about flats that’s are too tall. In central London!! And that’s the norm.
We just need to build a lot more houses. Like in the millions. Our stock is poor quality and we have one of the lowest empty property percentages in Europe. And we need to start telling angry groups of boomers to fuck off and that they world doesn’t run around preserving their property prices and ensuring the landscape looks the same as it did when they were a kid.
It was 45 years ago it was decided that the market shall serve and it just has notThere’s not really such a thing as affordable housing. If new properties are high end, then logically those moving in are leaving lower end properties open.
Don’t know about Italy, but our problem here is we just stopped building anything about 50 years ago. Transport, infrastructure like reservoirs, and housing, all ground to a halt.
You’ve got local councillors in London Zone 1 complaining about flats that’s are too tall. In central London!! And that’s the norm.
We just need to build a lot more houses. Like in the millions. Our stock is poor quality and we have one of the lowest empty property percentages in Europe. And we need to start telling angry groups of boomers to fuck off and that they world doesn’t run around preserving their property prices and ensuring the landscape looks the same as it did when they were a kid.
A massive employer contribution, at a point when salaries are an issueThey said it was career average rather than final salary as well I think. Not sure if that’s as obvious as it sounds as to what it is.
A massive employer contribution, at a point when salaries are an issue
I wonder if teachers would be prepared to reduce the employer contribution by 20% for a 20% pay rise - I guess it depends where people are in their lives
Thought that was a chavvy Russian thing, myself.Why do blokes wear bum bags over their shoulder?
That YouTuber's got up to some weird shit himselfThought that was a chavvy Russian thing, myself.
That guy on YouTube (Bankrupt and Bald) did a parody of Russian youths, during his tour of the former USSR; they all wear them like that, apparently.
Haven’t watched anything new of his, but the content in Russia was excellent - but yes, some weird shit there as well.That YouTuber's got up to some weird shit himself
It’s pretty common in Italy, I do it myself during the summer on the beach. I think it’s also to guard against pickpockets in larger cities.Why do blokes wear bum bags over their shoulder?
I find him very entertaining to watch but I suspect Brighton means the stuff that’s not included in his YouTube videos.Haven’t watched anything new of his, but the content in Russia was excellent - but yes, some weird shit there as well.
I kind of get it when on the beach.It’s pretty common in Italy, I do it myself during the summer on the beach. I think it’s also to guard against pickpockets in larger cities.
Yeah, apparently it's to aid in recycling, as the lid needs to stay together with the rest of the bottle.What’s with the new bottle caps? Which were perfectly fine, now they have a bit which leave them attached and just get in the way?? Really really annoying
What’s with the new bottle caps? Which were perfectly fine, now they have a bit which leave them attached and just get in the way?? Really really annoying
She'll swing for this.Fucking hell. There are some seriously odd people on this planet.
British woman admits role in global monkey torture network
Holly LeGresley, 37, whose username was ‘The Immolator’, uploaded images and videos to online groupwww.theguardian.com
Love to hear Karl Pilkington’s take on this.Fucking hell. There are some seriously odd people on this planet.
British woman admits role in global monkey torture network
Holly LeGresley, 37, whose username was ‘The Immolator’, uploaded images and videos to online groupwww.theguardian.com
The Heads of the Valleys road (A465) is a disaster zone from start to finish. Even the bit they finished before the EU money dried up has a 50 limit on a perfectly good, virtually empty, two-lane dual carriageway, for some bizarre reason (at least it isn't in the Welsh blanket 20 zone). And the bit they haven't finished around Brynmawr is like the surface of the f*cking moon!! I think they must have appointed the same contractor as the one supposedly "working" on the Stoneleigh junction! Clowns!Baking to death in direct sunlight/29 degree heat on the A465, behind a construction vehicle doing 14mph in a 40 zone for 4 miles (there was literally 40 cars behind him), and then finding the M4 rammed like a fajita later on. I was ready to pull someone’s head off by the time I got home.
I’m going the nice way to Merthyr Tydfil from now on, over the Brecon Beacons.
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