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What annoys me is that Jenrick states the decision should be made by the planning committee.
Round here a Conservative controlled council prepared but didn’t finalise the local plan. They then lost the local elections and the Liberal Democrat’s took control, campaigning specifically (and mostly on) on overhauling said local plan and specific elements of it. Jenrick then ordered them to accept it as was or he would call it into central government to force through.....
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It will likely be VAT on the price you pay, because the exchequer didn’t benefit from VAT on the initial new purchase(supply).
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Had fun and games at work when they replaced the old style meter with another one (circa2008) and it failed with a dead digital display 18 months in. They insisted on a process of monitoring the next three months usage to calculate bill, rather than previous readings...as the meter failed in early November I had a big negotiation with them as I wasn’t prepared to let them use winter readings to calculate an autumn bill.
We got there eventually but it was initially like pulling teeth to explain the issue with their proposed solution.
When the facility closed I also rang them on the final day with the final reading, having checked it in the landlords presence (they had a handover checklist) and promptly got an estimated final bill for 1000+ units more. That took a couple of phone calls and emailing photos of the meter reading to resolve.
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Same here, apparently because they don’t have the space to store a backlog of parcels but do letters...
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Well I suppose a handicap system where the lower you qualify the longer your drs window hasn’t yet been proposed as part of the silly season has it???
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Many TVs have a usb slot these days, and you can put certain formats of video file on a memory stick and set to repeat.
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26 minutes ago, EddieB said:
Is it just in my area, but with the schools going back are we experiencing a sudden surfeit of roadworks?
it seems that way, went for a 12km bike ride at lunchtime and came across 5 sets, only one of which was there last week...-
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Something to be aware of is that you can give a donation of any amount you wish, what you cannot do is gift aid it as that requires being a British taxpayer, and is why they ask for a postcode.
The theory is that a taxpayer can only gift aid up to amount of tax that they have paid (cannot remember if income tax or national insurance) and if the total gift aid exceeds the amount of tax that an individual has paid, HMRC could ask that taxpayer to pay them the excess.(whether this has ever been enforced I am less certain...and many charities frontline staff don’t seem particularly well trained on the rules around it and simply encourage everyone to gift aid it all regardless.)
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I’m not so sure, having a not for profit on the scene reduces the value of all other options, and helps provide a check and balance against the capitalist requirements of big pharma and their shareholder obligations.
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Would a clip on ferrite on the signal cable stop it?
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1 hour ago, Bernard Lamb said:
The last time I passed that way there were height cameras before the bridge that set of warning lights. The driver must have been well out of it or the lights were not working for that to happen.
Bernard
M40 was shut nearby, probably on an unexpected diversion.
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I know one of our two likes trains (or more specifically knocking off the rear wagon each time a rake passes) but this is a bit different https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/04/cat-on-a-fast-train-roof-holds-up-london-to-manchester-service
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It’s an interesting one, the claims I mentioned above were within the first 15 months of the wife and I buying our first property, 14 years later and the insurer haven’t quite broken even on the claim, but we haven’t made any claims for her brother in the same period...
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We have been with Sainsbury’s for years and they were great when one of our two smashed her hock, requiring a full metal implant to bind the remains together, and again a year later when she had the skin pulled off said implant in a fight...
They have however recently changed the excess from a fixed amount to 10% of claim. The premiums are also heading upwards now the cats are older (14 years).
Our vets were also very good, although they normally expect payment up front and you to claim from insurers they did offer (unprompted) to do the initial claim as a paid direct to them claim.
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There’s some comments in the eBay annoyances thread, and a few on the eBay community, https://community.ebay.co.uk so I don’t think you are alone.
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If a business rates replacement I suspect it needs to be a percentage or two on all sales, treated separately to VAT. This is because there are a lot of zero rated items out there, but the business rates overhead is currently calculated into selling prices.
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Looks like a class 24 is 8’ 10” wide (per Wikipedia), and the middle photo shows a small overhang on the visible side.
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A relative is on medication that means they shouldn’t have the jab without further advice (list is high-dose corticosteroids, immunosuppressants or cancer medicines), they discovered this from the paperwork handed to them as leaving the vaccination centre and read at home...
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8 minutes ago, melmerby said:
Do you actually mean static caravans?
They are typically 10' wide, 8' high and between 28' & 40' long.
IMHO not on a UK train. Too wide & probably too high on the corners
quick google turns this up https://www.2d53.co.uk/llanfairpg/caravan.htm-
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It’s an area I am watching with interest, working for a specialist wholesaler who operate b2b nationwide to small retailers via carrier...will we get caught up in such legislation if poorly written, passing on charges to small businesses.
Will out competition who sell b2c and b2b in the same way as Hornby get caught up, having to pass charges to small retailers as well to make their retail (and higher margin!) offering more appealing....
In reality business rates have surely got to be replaced by a percentage sales tax to become much fairer all round.
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Sadly the hall where the two shows that normally happen in Didcot are held, is currently the local vaccination centre.
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Track it this morning and see if there are any later scans recorded in the detailed tracking. Not sure on the ups scanners but on the fedex ones the touchscreen button for “customer unavailable “ is right next to the “ delivered” button and the drivers have fat fingers.....
Failing that call ups on 03457 877 877 and ask if their log shows further details. If it doesn’t then ask them to contact the local depot, ask the driver where he left it, and call you back....drivers are normally very goods for a couple of days after the event but after that newer delivery’s start to push data from their memory’s.
once you have exhausted these options it is the sellers responsibility to chase or claim as they hold the contract with UPS.
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Nah if you want frustrating tactics and games there was a photography bookazine I looked at in WH Smith’s for £18 yesterday, then looked three titles to the left to find if I bought a related magazine for £6 then I could download said bookazine as a free ebook....
Personally I like the bundled titles and if it’s a title I have previously bought I share it with my brother.
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There is a plentiful supply round here in the usual supermarkets, but all seems very short on best before dates making it difficult to only shop once a week. I do push beyond the dates but you either end up with sweaty pre-chopped leaves (spring greens, spinach, lettuce etc)which is a no-go, or buying fresh in far bigger portions that required...either way throwing too much out for my liking...
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Ship stuck across (blocking) the Suez Canal
in Wheeltappers
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At this point in time it means the cargo ships will only spend one week moored outside Felixstowe/Southampton rather than 2 surely.....