A bit council (Vol 4)
Discussion
Steamer said:
Okay - seeing as this is the Council Thread - Can someone explain the requirements to receive such benefits (its something I know nothing about).
Child Benefit - Thats fair enough, I'm assuming its available to everyone / single or couple that has a child regardless of income?
But £1300 tax credit?! How does that work. For all the grafters out there on min. wage that are lucky enough to have a 39hr contract (not easy come by these days at the likes or Tesco / Asda.. most seem to be P/T 18hr Contracts) - They will be lucky to see £1400 BEFORE tax and Ni
No not true, not everyone qualifies. We don't. We have one child (5yr old), the wife is a lady of leisure and my salary is over the threshold (which I think is about £60k-ish) so we get exactly £0.Child Benefit - Thats fair enough, I'm assuming its available to everyone / single or couple that has a child regardless of income?
But £1300 tax credit?! How does that work. For all the grafters out there on min. wage that are lucky enough to have a 39hr contract (not easy come by these days at the likes or Tesco / Asda.. most seem to be P/T 18hr Contracts) - They will be lucky to see £1400 BEFORE tax and Ni
We could theoretically claim whatever family allowance is classed as now which would be about £80/MTH but I would have to have my tax code adjusted to recover this via HMRC as.we.arent entitled to it.
I’ve been researching the airport lounges at my local airport.
We went in one earlier this year.
Ripped seats stained chairs, bare carpets.
Pasta with a skin on the top,
the usual food quality.
Were flying out of the other terminal soon and I looked on trip advisor at the visitor pics.
Needless to say we’re not going to go in one again and we’re putting the fifty quid towards a nice meal
We went in one earlier this year.
Ripped seats stained chairs, bare carpets.
Pasta with a skin on the top,
the usual food quality.
Were flying out of the other terminal soon and I looked on trip advisor at the visitor pics.
Needless to say we’re not going to go in one again and we’re putting the fifty quid towards a nice meal
Edited by dirky dirk on Wednesday 23 October 19:29
WilliamWoollard said:
technodup said:
WilliamWoollard said:
You'll have to forgive my ignorance but are they singing "f
k them all and the IRA?"
fk them all and the IRA?"k the pope and the IRA.It's her idea to ban any sort of cultural singing at the football, but the unintended consequence is that the singing simply moves to 'differently appropriate' venues, such as weddings, funerals, christenings...
Cupramax said:
Bouncing debt around credit cards... the epitome of council. 
Nope, council is being too lazy and/or stupid to make the effort to move the debt around to it at 0%.The councilista is more likely to use a credit card for cash and then consider themselves victims of the evil debt industry when they realize the payments are only covering the interest and not bringing down the balance.
dirky dirk said:
I’ve been researching the airport lounges at my local airport.
We went in one earlier this year.
Ripped seats stained chairs, bare carpets.
Past with a skin on the top the usual food quality.
Were flying out of the other terminal soon and I looked on trip advisor at the visitor pics.
Needless to say we’re not going to go in one again and we’re putting the fifty quid towards a nice meal
Yes, some of those are really pretty grotty, the one I went to at JFK recently was horrible.We went in one earlier this year.
Ripped seats stained chairs, bare carpets.
Past with a skin on the top the usual food quality.
Were flying out of the other terminal soon and I looked on trip advisor at the visitor pics.
Needless to say we’re not going to go in one again and we’re putting the fifty quid towards a nice meal
I was faced with this situation on Sunday and instead of a lounge I got myself 6 hours hotel room use at quite a nice hotel and relaxed there prior to heading to the airport. Cost about £50.
paulguitar said:
dirky dirk said:
I’ve been researching the airport lounges at my local airport.
We went in one earlier this year.
Ripped seats stained chairs, bare carpets.
Past with a skin on the top the usual food quality.
Were flying out of the other terminal soon and I looked on trip advisor at the visitor pics.
Needless to say we’re not going to go in one again and we’re putting the fifty quid towards a nice meal
Yes, some of those are really pretty grotty, the one I went to at JFK recently was horrible.We went in one earlier this year.
Ripped seats stained chairs, bare carpets.
Past with a skin on the top the usual food quality.
Were flying out of the other terminal soon and I looked on trip advisor at the visitor pics.
Needless to say we’re not going to go in one again and we’re putting the fifty quid towards a nice meal
I was faced with this situation on Sunday and instead of a lounge I got myself 6 hours hotel room use at quite a nice hotel and relaxed there prior to heading to the airport. Cost about £50.
Will you be wanting anything...else?austinsmirk said:
well work girl above, that's just being young, daft. god I'd love to have all the money back I blew on cars, mod'ing cars, over the bar back from my teen years and 20's.
talking of money: looked at a breakdown of income/expenditure for someone the other day
1300 mth tax credit
about 200 ish CB can't remember
outgoings of amusement- lets ignore sensible stuff
£550 on car loans
£215 on sky/cable/broadband god knows how
car ins £150 mth 2 cars
£110 mobile phones
then £100 in kids dance and acting lessons. fair play doing something with the kids
my point is, all this is funded from benefits.
ftalking of money: looked at a breakdown of income/expenditure for someone the other day
1300 mth tax credit
about 200 ish CB can't remember
outgoings of amusement- lets ignore sensible stuff
£550 on car loans
£215 on sky/cable/broadband god knows how
car ins £150 mth 2 cars
£110 mobile phones
then £100 in kids dance and acting lessons. fair play doing something with the kids
my point is, all this is funded from benefits.
king disgusting......how on earth are they going to afford a "well earned" all inclusive 2 week holiday in Cancun on that pittance?
hyphen said:
Popped into an Asda earlier.
They have a McDonald's inside now, when did that happen.
So went to McDonald's inside an Asda. Is that peak council?
Croydon Asda has had one for years.They have a McDonald's inside now, when did that happen.
So went to McDonald's inside an Asda. Is that peak council?
Croydon ,nuff said.
The car park gets invaded by pie people caravans couple of times a year too.
alorotom said:
No not true, not everyone qualifies. We don't. We have one child (5yr old), the wife is a lady of leisure and my salary is over the threshold (which I think is about £60k-ish) so we get exactly £0.
We could theoretically claim whatever family allowance is classed as now which would be about £80/MTH but I would have to have my tax code adjusted to recover this via HMRC as.we.arent entitled to it.
Isn’t there some sort of benefit so to speak from claiming and then repaying where your wife doesn’t work? Something to do with NI qualifying years or such like?We could theoretically claim whatever family allowance is classed as now which would be about £80/MTH but I would have to have my tax code adjusted to recover this via HMRC as.we.arent entitled to it.
No one I work with is entitled to keep the money but everyone whose partners don’t work or work part time claim it and then pay it back.
Old Man Fred said:
She wears short leather skirts with some kind of crop top jumper with a split up the side so you can see her bra.
It looks like she applies her make up with a trowel it is that thick and she has fake blonde hair and massive filler-ed lips as well as the claw shaped fake nails.
She has also work the same top all 3 days so far this week
I'm guessing you have a fairly relaxed dress code then... It looks like she applies her make up with a trowel it is that thick and she has fake blonde hair and massive filler-ed lips as well as the claw shaped fake nails.
She has also work the same top all 3 days so far this week
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