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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

Hobbit said:
Brother-in-law has been retired 18 years, he's 67 in 3 days time. He's received a letter asking if he'll go back in.
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There must be an admin error there, surely?!

Most Forces are limiting such requests to those who retired in the last five years.
 
pauldj42 said:
I take it this if this is true it’s a disgrace!! 80% furlough, questions over Premier League footballers, Banks not playing the game to help business’s, but this lot! :mad::mad::mad:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/...-000-each-for-home-working-expenses-w0h5sx99l
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If they are genuine expenses, and they will be checked, then it is no difference to any company employee that is incurring extra costs at home and will get reimbursed. They can not just pocket the extra money.

I can not read the whole article but unless there are specific examples of abuses it is something I think is fair.

I know it is good to vent about MP's but they are not always at fault.
 
HowlingGale said:
This is one of my issues with this. Doctors and nurses seem to get all of the press attention, but there's all sorts of other staff being exposed to this every minute of every day.

There's porters, nursing assistants, cleaners, ward clerks who don't earn very much at all. Then there's the physios and radiographers etc.

After all this is done I hope we realise who kept us all going in these troubling times. All those delivery drivers and supermarket workers etc. Heck even the bin men, but not seen much of them lately ?.
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I'm pretty sure that when people are praising the great work the NHS do they include these workers.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
If they are genuine expenses, and they will be checked, then it is no difference to any company employee that is incurring extra costs at home and will get reimbursed. They can not just pocket the extra money.

I can not read the whole article but unless there are specific examples of abuses it is something I think is fair.

I know it is good to vent about MP's but they are not always at fault.
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Seriously! It’s to cover heating, electricity, printer ink etc, it’s on top if the £26,000 they are already entitled to claim, and they’ve relaxed the rules on the evidence needed to claim it!
 
pauldj42 said:
Seriously! It’s to cover heating, electricity, printer ink etc, it’s on top if the £26,000 they are already entitled to claim, and they’ve relaxed the rules on the evidence needed to claim it!
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Disgusting, they already get enough to cover staff and admin. Can all those having to stay at home claim heating and lighting back. On the other hand it does say "they can claim" and hopefully those with morals (I know) will decline. I'll be sending an email to mine to see her take on it.
 
pauldj42 said:
Seriously! It’s to cover heating, electricity, printer ink etc, it’s on top if the £26,000 they are already entitled to claim, and they’ve relaxed the rules on the evidence needed to claim it!
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MP's and staff would normally be operating out of an office, whether at Wetsminster or in their constituency. Now they are doing the same work from home. That means short term, new expenses that they are entitled to claim for.

Current expenses have to be identified not just pocketed. There really are expenses incurred in running a consituency office x 2 and it is only fair that they are covered. They operate for our benefit after all.

Where I do agree with you is that there should be no relaxation of evidence. No receipt, no expenses. Every company I have worked for operates the same way. The system is usually best operated by a scary battle axe :LOL:
 
We were expecting an announcement from the President advising of the next lockdown, due to start on Sunday. Nothing through yet. However, the Health Minister has just been on and said he expects it to go through with no changes. He did add that the numbers still aren't at the point where they can say the next lockdown will be the last one, and that a further extension to the 10th May is likely.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
MP's and staff would normally be operating out of an office, whether at Wetsminster or in their constituency. Now they are doing the same work from home. That means short term, new expenses that they are entitled to claim for.

Current expenses have to be identified not just pocketed. There really are expenses incurred in running a consituency office x 2 and it is only fair that they are covered. They operate for our benefit after all.

Where I do agree with you is that there should be no relaxation of evidence. No receipt, no expenses. Every company I have worked for operates the same way. The system is usually best operated by a scary battle axe :LOL:
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Mate, everyone is being asked to take pay cuts for being at home or to donate to the NHS etc, maybe the argument could of been not for them to take a pay cut, but no rises in expenses! It’s immoral when they are going on about jobs!
As for a limit of 10k on it, why not start at a monthly limit or See how long the lockdown lasts?
 
pauldj42 said:
Mate, everyone is being asked to take pay cuts for being at home or to donate to the NHS etc, maybe the argument could of been not for them to take a pay cut, but no rises in expenses! It’s immoral when they are going on about jobs!
As for a limit of 10k on it, why not start at a monthly limit or See how long the lockdown lasts?
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This is not about pay, this is about legitimate expenses incurred representing constituents. If they start cutting back then you end up going back to only the rich being able to become MP's.

The limit is exactly that, a limit. It is not a target and for some they may not claim any extra. It all depends on circumstances. If anyone tries for some dodgy expenses then you hope the HoC system will knock them back.

Don't forget, out of those expenses they have to fund rent for an office, staff to run it, computers, printers, heating, lighting, phone lines, rates, office furniture etc. Don't see this as pay, this is money required to effectively run the day to day work of being an MP, helping constituents.
 
Blue in Munich said:
Anyone else thinking they need to announce any extension today? If the current one expires Tuesday, I wonder how many of the muppets will think "Well it stops tomorrow so going out on Bank Holiday Monday won't hurt..." :unsure:
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According to reports on radio I'm listening to whilst working from home they're saying cabinet are meeting today to discuss the extension with possible announcements later.
 
A mate wasapped me before who works in a post office.

Despite people being only asked to order essential goods online, he come in complaining that 5 days after despatch he still hadnt received his parcel.

When asked what the item was, he advised that it was a xmas tree.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
This is not about pay, this is about legitimate expenses incurred representing constituents. If they start cutting back then you end up going back to only the rich being able to become MP's.

The limit is exactly that, a limit. It is not a target and for some they may not claim any extra. It all depends on circumstances. If anyone tries for some dodgy expenses then you hope the HoC system will knock them back.

Don't forget, out of those expenses they have to fund rent for an office, staff to run it, computers, printers, heating, lighting, phone lines, rates, office furniture etc. Don't see this as pay, this is money required to effectively run the day to day work of being an MP, helping constituents.
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They already get up to £26,000 per year to do all you say! Do you honestly believe they need it up’d by 10k for 4-6 weeks at home.

Are they not saving by not using their 2nd home on heating and light etc.
 
Liverbirdie said:
A mate wasapped me before who works in a post office.

Despite people being only asked to order essential goods online, he come in complaining that 5 days after despatch he still hadnt received his parcel.

When asked what the item was, he advised that it was a xmas tree.
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Dear God, some of them are beyond help. :rolleyes:
 
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