Search results

was looking at some government and think tank data. it was murky finding simple numbers. interesting here the graph shows funding per person, that halved in the shires. browsing the doc linked, page 17 shows large increases in social care spending. and a total number far higher than i...

it's a good question, why have councils run up large debts? central government funding is supposed to be based off formulas for statutory services provided at local level and total funding has been increasing since 2016. have the services changed without enough budget? have range of services...

well maybe. what do we do today for the 60 yo, or 55 yo who is no longer upto physically demanding work? it's weird how we have this idea we're all good until 65 then cant function. depends on jobs, and people in those jobs are likely better suited to carry on another year or two. but then...

are you familiar with budgets? the spending you cite is for multi-year projects, mostly on rail infrastucture, and response to a crisis - do you not want spending on either of these? meanwhile every year we currently spend £1140bn (or, £1.1 trillion), including £200bn pensions, quite a lot...

weird putting primary school teacher alongside a scaffolder, instead of a desk job which it's closer to. most teachers seem to take early retirement, or semi-retirement as supply anyway. and i dont think ive ever seen a middle aged let alone near pension scaffoleder. the pension age is...