You are fleeced living in London.
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Adult ones here are ÂĢ3.30 and children are ÂĢ2.40 for any bus in Birmingham, Coventry or the Black Country however many times you want to use it within 24 hours?
A peak-time daily travelcard for me that will take me across London is ÂĢ15, after 9.30 it drops to ÂĢ8 If you get a black taxi from Waterloo/inner London then before you've even plonked your arse on the seat there's a ÂĢ3 charge just for the privilege.
Overall the transport system in London is great, especially the Underground, I can get anywhere in London within an hour. But it's bloody expensive and don't get me started on the lack of personal space and some of the personalities you have to endure on your travels
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Overall the transport system in London is great, especially the Underground, I can get anywhere in London within an hour
Not in South london it's not.Son has just started work near canary Wharf which as the crow flies is about 2 miles (if that)...he has to leave by about 7.20am to ensure getting there for 8.50.
And the minimum fare in a black taxi is ÂĢ2.60...I think in a miniscab the minimum fare is ÂĢ4.50/ÂĢ5 so a lot of time black taxi is cheaper.
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LOL. I more or less said that Karma and then implied that perhaps there was some Daily Mailitis going on here. At this I was told.. "We do not have newspapers in this house". Further tongue biting ensued..
What is a middle class area these days anyway? My mate lives in a council flat in Chiswick (which is supposed to be a middle class/higher end area) - her flat was offered to her for 70k 5 years ago, it's now been offered again at 210k (reduced market value for council tenants), for a 2 bed council flat on an estate that's riddled with crime, all because of her postcode
re bus fares and school children, here in lincs if you attend a sixth form (school or college) you have to pay a set amount each term (at the mo its about ÂĢ69) and everyone pays even those on low incomes/benefits - given that child benefit is rumoured to be axed for over 16's how can some families manage??
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Son has just started work near canary Wharf which as the crow flies is about 2 miles (if that)...he has to leave by about 7.20am to ensure getting there for 8.50. And the minimum fare in a black taxi is ÂĢ2.60...I think in a miniscab the minimum fare is ÂĢ4.50/ÂĢ5 so a lot of time black taxi is cheaper.
Bloody hell it takes him that long to get to work for such a short distance? I used to work in Camden and I could get there in 50 minutes from here, same when I worked in Marylebone. And the ÂĢ2.60 thing I rounded off to 3 quid cos I knew it was there or there abouts, but the clock does tick a lot faster!
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here in lincs if you attend a sixth form (school or college) you have to pay a set amount each term (at the mo its about ÂĢ69)
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Has come to the decision that Birmingham fares aren't that bad
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here in lincs if you attend a sixth form (school or college) you have to pay a set amount each term (at the mo its about ÂĢ69)
Thats outrageous when kids are more or less expected to stay on (to keep jobless figures down) and in a couple of years (the current year 8/7) everyone will have to stay on till 18.Reference:
and in a couple of years (the current year 8/7) everyone will have to stay on till 18
That's already come into effect hasn't it? Well, that's what I've told K anyway
Yeah K's year are the first year where it will be compulsory for them to stay on till 18.
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I don't know Marg - I do not consider 60 old at all and I know that many 60 year olds would take great offence, 60 is the new 50 and we are all living longer.
people of 60 and on the basic state pension + pension credit = ÂĢ130 a week, get as cold as people of 65 or 70 on the basic state pension + pension credit.I don't think it's that easy for older people to find work once they are in their mid 50's.
B & Q can't employ them all,lol
And most of these people retiring at 60(soon to be raised to 62 and then 68) have paid national insurance contributions for 40 years
And the winter fuel allowance was introduced in lieu of a rise in pension rates.
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I don't think it's that easy for older people to find work once they are in their mid 50's. B & Q can't employ them all,lol
OK... not quite there but still...... You'd not suggest telling the boss to ram it today then (as I want to)
Isn't normal retiring age 65 JB?
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Isn't normal retiring age 65 JB?
for blokes yes, but women who were born before a certain date can still retire at 60 , or could do.ello kaffs,x
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but women who were born before a certain date can still retire at 60
HI J x
Right.. I thought they were trying to bring us women into line (haha) Wish I was 60 today...
i looked it up, if a woman was born before april 1950 she can still retire at 60, born after that and it's 62, the by increments to 65 and then 68 for everyone.
A woman at 60 won't get her state pension though till her husband retires at 65 i think....my mother in alw retired at 60 about 4 years ago but only got her works pension till her hsuband reached 65 and got his pension (even though he actually retired when she did and they moved to the coast, they just used her pension till they got the state one too).
You're not making my day any better, JB!
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A woman at 60 won't get her state pension though till her husband retires at 65
What if she's no husband Croc?
I'm asking like I'm not gonna work till I die....
Well if she has no husband she'll get it when she retires....
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A woman at 60 won't get her state pension though till her husband retires at 65 i think....m
i think that is dependent on which national insurance the woman paid, if any, if she paid the regular national insurance stamp she qualifies in her own right, if she paid none cos she didn't work, or paid the married womans one at a reduced rate she doesn't qualify for the full rate of state pension, but has to be assesed on her hubs one when he reaches 65.
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But then again Scotland get free prescriptions
We dont Karma, think thats Ireland
And Wales....
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We dont Karma, think thats Ireland
I thought Scotland did Maybe I'm getting it confused with the scale free water It's been one of those days Add Reply
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