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Vicious cycle.

Recent ONS data and their report highlighted the links between parents’ and children’s mental health problems, making each other’s situation worse and, for the children, impacting on their school results. Links between parental mental health, child mental health and school…

Listen Up!

This week I’m doing an in-person talk for the Portsmouth Association  of Wrens on Tuesday evening.  It will be good to be amongst so many with shared experience of life in uniform. Also, whether you have a sight problem or…

Listen Up!

This week I’m doing an in-person talk for the Portsmouth Association  of Wrens on Tuesday evening.  It will be good to be amongst so many with shared experience of life in uniform. Also, whether you have a sight problem or…

Making Tax Digital exemptions

Making Tax Digital is nearly upon us. www.gov.uk/government/collections/making-tax-digital-for-income-tax But there are some exemptions: 1. Automatic exemptions – based on information already held by HMRC There are 2 types of automatic exemption:​ Permanent – not requiredto use MTD for Income Tax,…

DWP’s crystal ball.

Some people may be sceptical due to the Department’s distinctly patchy record of getting things right, but they are apparently going to be able to decide when people with long-term health conditions limiting their day-to-day activities aren’t really too disabled. …

DWP’s crystal ball.

Some people may be sceptical due to the Department’s distinctly patchy record of getting things right, but they are apparently going to be able to decide when people with long-term health conditions limiting their day-to-day activities aren’t really too disabled. …

Choux experiment.

It took four of us: Karen the high priestess of the kitchen, Kathy the super-gardener, Will who’s another blind veteran and muggins here, to make choux buns for lunch. It was all highly experimental with one pre-made batch of raw…

Choux experiment.

It took four of us: Karen the high priestess of the kitchen, Kathy the super-gardener, Will who’s another blind veteran and muggins here, to make choux buns for lunch. It was all highly experimental with one pre-made batch of raw…

Just three things …

Firstly, here’s the link to my Radio Victory interview last week: Look for Sunday’s ‘Between the Lines’ (15th March ’26)  I start at about minute 16.  Might be useful for anyone who is facing a life-changing health condition.  …

Just three things …

Firstly, here’s the link to my Radio Victory interview last week: Look for Sunday’s ‘Between the Lines’ (15th March ’26)  I start at about minute 16.  Might be useful for anyone who is facing a life-changing health condition.  …

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