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Yeh waterproof socks is what I do

Some kind of incentive or IHT write off to get cheap equity release to fund insulation upgrades would be good, would improve the building stock at the same time as reducing bills and increasing pensioner poverty, again this only benefits those (the majority) fortunate enough to own a house

What the others have said, there are companies that specialise in it for the retired, it's fairly common way to fund care, you are in effect selling a portion of your house when you die for money now. There has been bad press about it as some fairly rogue actors taking advantage of people in tough circumstances.

Also hated by those who thought they were going to inherit a house and now get less than they think they deserve.

So they could release 1.5% of equity to cover a decades worth of energy bills?

10m pensioners claimed it 2023/24.

Over a quarter of which have assets over a million pounds

Feels like it would be better to direct the money at people in energy poverty than based on age

Is it a cut or is it a reprioritisation on where money is spent? Aren't they going to be increasing spending over planned which is why they need to raise tax income?

I think it was based on 65 billion spent since introduction in 1997

Read we've spent enough on winter fuel allowance to of insulated 8.5m homes

https://youtu.be/SRXH9AbT280?si=9Xd7EgbBILdh9xJY

I heard someone say (don't think it was on here) that he's become a prisoner to his own algorithm but some of the dross he reposts, he really does seem to of radicalised himself by to much time on X

Can't believe we've reached the point where he's reposting 4chan

Bluesky has gained over a million users including president Lula in the last couple of days with Twitter getting banned in Brazil

Apparently Brazil is the 3rd largest nationality on twitter

Exactly, plenty of pubs without beer gardens and you can see the smokers all huddled around the door, nearest space with a bit of shelter

It's not rationale but is probably a common sentiment that banning smoking for kids makes sense/ is desirable, banning smoking outdoors feels like nanny state

They don’t complain about supermarkets selling cheap booze

They definitely do

Hope none of you were fans of the kingfisher at Walthamstow wetlands

https://x.com/WildLondon/status/1829095896128033150?t=a5g-qq_Tf8KF81z0n2wRug&s=19

That article did zero to show me why he shouldn't be facing charges, the article centers on freedom of speech which isn't what the chargers are about. If you are hosting material and facilitating it's distribution, repeatedly asked to engage to put in place protections against illegal activities and refuse, at some point you have to except you are opening yourself up to litigation of some kind

In this scenario have I had multiple warnings and requests to comply that I have ignored before being charged?

Also surely in your scenario I would be the institution providing the ISA, not the ISA owner?

(I'll read the article in case it answers these questions)

The company owner

Yeh I'm not sure I understand the telegram outrage, if you don't comply with the laws of the country you operate in, surely you can't expect to escape repercussions?

Child referrals for anxiety at record levels, double pre covid number
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/27/nhs-referrals-for-anxiety-in-children-more-than-double-pre-covid-levels-england

Uk has a most unhappy teens in Europe
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/29/uk-teenagers-low-life-satisfaction-europe

Hopefully the government take this in to account when choosing where to make thier saving cuts

Interesting, didn't realise they are kept in collections but like someone in that thread said, it never fails to surprise what private collectors keep

Are you sure it's an escapee? They have bred in the UK in recent years

It was made by twitter/ Jack originally as an open source version of twitter but then spun off

Got to say I'm really liking Bluesky, missing some accounts I used to really like but has enough for me to move over and seems decent numbers of big accounts are now joining daily and the conversations are far better. Also really like the way lists work.