During the Covid pandemic, lots of jobs moved to remote home-working but now employers want more people back where they can see them. For disabled people, such moves can create serious limitations: the struggle to travel; negative impact on health;…
Deadline: 26 February. Tell them if you have experienced long delays, growing backlogs and other impact on Disabled people and employers. I’m writing too about their maladministration and injustice. If this vital help for people like me and so many others doesn’t function…
The latest Office for national Statistics data (Healthy life expectancy, UK – Office for National Statistics) makes grim reading for everyone and worse for women. Our expectations of living well seem to be going south. “In 2022 to 2024: Males…
The latest Office for national Statistics data (Healthy life expectancy, UK – Office for National Statistics) makes grim reading for everyone and worse for women. Our expectations of living well seem to be going south. “In 2022 to 2024: Males…
Not quite singing for my supper but I was talking for my lunch last week at the Lee-on-the-Solent golf club with a fascinating group of very welcoming local ladies. One lived just around the corner, another had served with the…
Not quite singing for my supper but I was talking for my lunch last week at the Lee-on-the-Solent golf club with a fascinating group of very welcoming local ladies. One lived just around the corner, another had served with the…
PERSONAL TAX Stay alert: HMRC warns of Self Assessment scams HMRC has received reports of more than 4,800 Self Assessment scams since February 2025, with more than 135,500 suspected scam reports made in the past 10 months. Scammers often mimic HMRC, sending fake tax demands or refund offers to steal personal information. Ahead…
If, like me, you ever served in Naples with NATO, you may remember the big AFSOUTH HQ on the mainland. We Navy-types had our own separate COMNAVSOUTH HQ on the tiny island of Nisida – just down the road, past…
If, like me, you ever served in Naples with NATO, you may remember the big AFSOUTH HQ on the mainland. We Navy-types had our own separate COMNAVSOUTH HQ on the tiny island of Nisida – just down the road, past…
Yes, I do flower arranging too. Here’s a simple hand-tied posy which works well with those hollow-stemmed tulips and daffodils. Just a bit of greenery and some tape to hold the lot together. Simple! And January is the time to…
