Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Salmond also claimed a rather large expenses bill when he visited the USA for a Ryder Cup match, plus something in the region of £240 for each pair of his tartan troosers!

scotland has plenty of space and much cheaper housing except in that bleak granite city which is unbelievably expensive

Some of it is stopping paying for bedrooms that people don't need. We have been paying housing benefit for people to have accomodation that is too big for far too long.

Don't forget that it was Labour that introduced the bedroom payment cut for private tenants. The coalition just extended it to council tenants.

"The coalition just extended it to council tenants."

ohhhh dear the Nasty Party and its supporters.

well kick out all those immigrants and their extended families and we'll have lots of cheaper housing :-)

cynic
Stop baiting the loonies. They won't sleep tonight.

the young family on benefits to whom i rent a house certainly don't get spoiled
i think they get £700 pm + something like 75% of council tax
the girl works (part-time i think) and the chap is desperately trying to get a job of some kind
unfortunately, he completely screwed up at school and is thus semi illiterate and innumerate

however, to give the system its due, they insisted that he goes to classes daily to bring him up to a reasonable level and i also think a basic computing course

Very rare around these parts that immigrants live in council properties.

Usually have their own property or are renting from an immigrant landlord. Loads of Pakistani Landlords in West Yorkshire.

the bradford effect!

"however, to give the system its due, they insisted that he goes to classes daily to bring him up to a reasonable level and i also think a basic computing course".....ends

hes parked on Benefits then and the training company is making a fortune out of the tax payer.

Yep summat like that Cyners.

Shitty day on the markets, suppose I cant complain got out of opay early on at a much reduced profit and got a large slug of AGK which is outperforming so cant really complain.

Just hope christmas rally hasnt come and gone.

no idea who operates the training system (nearly said class system!), but i think it's primarily aimed at non-english-speaking immigrants

mind you, it's terrifying how many people of all ages really cannot read and write .... and as for basic arithemetic!

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anyway, this young chap is hoping to hear from G4S that he's got a job as a meter reader (better than nowt)
interestingly, he has to be self-employed
i don't think i need comment further on that aspect do i!

Cyners are your tenants immigrants then?

no .... very english
could even be described as good aryan stock :-)

Posts crossed cyners, a self employed meter reader .......Bloody Hell I thought I had heard it all but obviously not LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL , fair tickled me that.

God Im getting out of touch.

now ask yourself why G4S "employ" on that system
he will (if he gets the job) get work from them as a sub-contractor

Trouble with these training courses apprenticeships etc etc, they havent changed since once I was out of work for 3 months about 15 years ago.

To get benefits you had to go no ifs and buts, had to read all the newspapers first thing for jobs advertised, taught how to use a computer putting together your CV for about 6 weeks to a month, and then watch a few videos on interview techniques, get a visit from a health and safety expert for a half day and then are given a telephone directory and told to ring companys asking if they have vacancies.

What a bore it was and the trainers were useless, just in it for the monthly cheque from the government.

I gather from what ive heard it hasnt changed at all.

from what i gather, his reading and writing skills have improved quite a lot, but from an embarrassingly low start point

and even if the system hasn't changed, nor have the basic skills required

Cyners yep cheaper oncosts. No holiday pay no redundancy pay no overtime etc etc etc.