Apple Harvest.
It’s that time of year again and we are fighting a losing battle with the windfalls. Thankfully, we have this excellent moist apple cake recipe which is so simple that the sous-chef made this one, replacing the sugar with our…
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Latest news from HMRC
We’re writing to you, following the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves’ statement on public spending pressures, to the House of Commons on 29 July 2024. The Chancellor announced next steps and draft legislation on priority tax commitments ahead of…
Summer speaking.
Just in case you’d like to listen to some life stories while lazing in the sun with something long and cool, here are two links to recent interviews I did with RNIB Connect radio: Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ6rXY6x0a0&t=9s Listen from: 1minute…
Summer here yet?
It may be only today but I’ve got a great new and incredibly simple lemon cordial to share:. 1 lemon. 60g honey (or granulated sugar). 1 mug of boiling water. Using a potato peeler, peel skin off lemon and…
HMRC Webinars: Holiday entitlement and working time for minimum wage purposes
From HMRC: Dear customer, Join us for a collaboration between the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) and HMRC’s National Minimum Wage (NMW) team where you can learn about holiday entitlement and working time for minimum wage purposes, as…
Pip! Pip! Hurrah!
Yes, you too can comment on changes to the Personal Independence Payments benefit for us with disabilities and health conditions. Don’t forget that we make up about 1-in-5 and, when you add family, friends, carers and more, the proposed changes…
Just Vote!
Whatever your politics, tomorrow is the chance to have your say. I’m one of the lucky ones: the postal vote went off last week but some others have been scrambling for theirs. The alternative is to pitch up in person…
Personal Independence Payments (PIP) Green Paper Response
Please support us blind and other military veterans. Click on the link to download our response to the Green Paper: PIP Green Paper Response. Email consultation.modernisingsupport@DWP.GOV.UK by 23 July 2024 with your own comments.
Personal Independence Payments Consultation
My thanks to everyone who contributed ideas and examples to a combined response. Three main points are coming across very strongly: 1. PIP should be about helping us regain as much Personal Independence as possible so we can fulfil our…
Beaten by two spring onions.
Last year I fell down the stairs and fractured a vertebra. Three weeks in hospital and more weeks in a special bed at home, it is proving a very long haul to recover. I’m trying to do all the right…