Kit Kilgour

I find it amazing that they just didn't at least duplicate posts onto Bsky shortly after taking power

UK state pension is now flat rate (on what you get, not what you pay in). Used to have an earnings related element but they effectively got rid of that around the time they introduced auto-enrollment.

b) workplace - auto-enrolled (as previous) for low/mid wage workers with contributions mandated in the 2-3% range for worker & employer. For higher paid jobs, pensions typically much more generous - e.g. worker puts in 5%, employer 7%. State/federal equivalent jobs get salary-related pension

Two aspects to the pension here: a) state pension (cf social security): relatively low but only depends on working enough years - but you also get credits for when you are bringing up children, unpaid care for elderly, or claiming benefits whilst unemployed & actively looking for work. 1/2

Apologies - had assumed you were in the UK, where pretty well any job ( earning more than ~ $250/week) has to be in a pension program with employer contributions. For women, that time out of the workforce is usually the biggest hit on both retirement income & career progression.

But quite a hit on the pension pot of the one not working

Sure, but given our historic problems with defence spending , project management and need for skills, you have to work up to that level to avoid overinflation of costs due to skill shortages and just splashing the cash

It is incredibly rarely diagnosed as such and usually put down as Global Development Delay, because diagnoses like that have to be agreed with the carers... and most parents don't want that on their 'account'. More often get it with foster/adoptive carers.

Well, you could have one about tiddlywinks...

So, does the fresco have a title, to add some context (apart from presumably Gods wearing laurel wreaths)?

and if they stopped wanting to lend or just stopped rolling over their US bonds?...

Saw some figures suggesting that US customs only collected 20 - 25% of headline tariff expectations last time, so given lag caused by new staff recruitment + training, how much can they catch this time, particularly if more interested in import way bills from the Far East

As commentators have noted, the plaintiff is not a US citizen and now outside the jurisdiction of the US, so they have no formal way to get him back - they can just ask nicely...

Unfortunately not free to read...

@tomcalver.bsky.social does this analysis take into account the differences in state pension contribution where Europe typically higher (with higher reward) vs. UK and US which rely more on private pensions?

Well, if you know you have 24hrs before the rescheduled flights take off (yes, actual lagoon trip would be on your own dime). Otherwise I think there are some cheap transatlantic flights via Reykjavik from Norwegian

A day in one of the hot spring lagoons? Great restaurants.

Right country...

With a destination of Palm Beach, I suspect that it was just the funding and the personal meeting was with someone else at Mar-a-Lago...

And the hard part now seems to be increasing the number of interconnections and resilience to enable the Ukrainain power grid to withstand attack as much as possible

Uk money laundering checks clearly don't involve googling the name of the client...

TBF, one would need at leqast a couple of years stats to determine the impact as parents hold on until academic years / exam cycles (quite often 3yrs for GCSE now) are over

It's a funding model decision for GPs, plus, I guess, people wanting locum work at suitable times. As for A&E, I suspect that the NHS would take them on if they can be trained - but the work is extra stressful and the issue may be more about space (beds, etc) than doctor's there.

Ok - and google / gov.uk takes me to EIM32885 where these fees are not deductible, even when membership is required by the employer (which given the nature of the case, it seems very clear that the government of the time would have been more than happy with fewer pcs union members)

So if the union dues were deducted at source via check-off, does this mean that this was pre-tax? I.e. membership of a union was a necessary business expense that is tax deductible?

TBF, you just can't magic up new (British resident) doctors if they need 5yrs of training, and the public have shown themselves less than keen about immigration levels at the ballot box if you want to bring them in from overseas. National conversation needed about plus points of immigration

But most of the believers will carry on on X anyway. What I do find surprising is that various UK goverment departments etc do not yet have their own accounts on this platform as well as X

And you also have to consider both positive and negative impact!

Why not just apply the cut-off date to applications to be made, rather than requiring processing finished. Pleanty of time for path applicants, but would provide a bit more clarity and light at the end of the tunnel for landowners.

That was false rumour - he paid an awful lot. The financial company he was a partner in was domiciled in Ireland, but in limited partnerships, the partners share of profits is passed through and treated as personal income.