Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[roydo]

Very generous tbh

Devil in the detail, as ever, but seemed fair. Like the idea they (HMRC) are doing the leg work, and I just wait for a letter it seems. Then I face a moral dilemma.

 

[BlueToff]

Is it not the 80% of last 3 years net from tax returns?

Nope.

It's 80% of your average monthly earnings over the last three years (or, I guess, as long as possible if you're below 3 years).

 

[BlueToff]

Very generous tbh

Only thing I'm worried about is waiting until the start of June. But other than that I'm happy.

 

[glorydaze]

The hospital I worked in in Coventry started charging in 1991, my wife pays £24 a month, pro-rata reduced as she works 3 days a week.Thats for a car park 15 minutes walk from the hospital, ( from The Olympia to Prescot st.).All staff have to pay as far as I know.

Not up on these things but could someone start a petition that the government have to debate about free parking for NHS staff. I'm sure millions would sign it.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Be some fiddling of the books going on by some Taxi Drivers etc. lol

 

[ramacca]

What a lemon 'boy wonder' Sunak really is. 'You'll get your grant in June'. A grant that is to be paid back. So in the meantime, claim universal credit - which is swamped and can't cope so people aren't getting any money. And if you do get through a claim, that will be taken from your grant in June.

Another own goal by boy wonder. He should have been told people were getting a universal basic income.

And who does the first question go to? Why Laura 'I'm Boris's cheerleader' Kuessenberg. Who as usual asks a daft question that allows them to waffle.

Seems like he now hopes it's up and running by June. He says 'it's complicated'. Universal basic income is extremely easy.

 

[Shevin Keedy]

Nope.

It's 80% of your average monthly earnings over the last three years (or, I guess, as long as possible if you're below 3 years).

Right, I would think that amounts to the same thing though no? Seeing as SE earnings are not declared monthly.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Devil in the detail, as ever, but seemed fair. Like the idea they (HMRC) are doing the leg work, and I just wait for a letter it seems. Then I face a moral dilemma.

Yep the details will be the key

It's far more difficult to get a system which is seen as "fair" for the self employed because it's such a wide bracket. But I think it sounds ok to me anyway.

 

[BlueToff]

Right, I would think that amounts to the same thing though no? Seeing as SE earnings are not declared monthly.

I'm no accountant (@ToffeeTim aren't you?) mate, but I wouldn't have thought so. i could be wrong, though!

 

[orchard]

Very orderly in my local supermarket today (Ireland )
5 out and 5 in
Special opening times for the elderly
Stocks well up on everything
Heard a report earlier that hairdryer sales are yo 500%
Why I cannot fathom

You heard about the US senator(?) who stated that heating one's nose with a hairdryer >60celsius killed the bad guy right?

 

[roydo]

Nope.

It's 80% of your average monthly earnings over the last three years (or, I guess, as long as possible if you're below 3 years).

Thats a good point. He said its taxable, so taking 80% of last 3 years net makes no sense. So they just average 3 years gross, turn it into a monthly average, and 80% of that as a taxable grant.

 

[ToffeeTim]

What a lemon 'boy wonder' Sunak really is. 'You'll get your grant in June'. A grant that is to be paid back. So in the meantime, claim universal credit - which is swamped and can't cope so people aren't getting any money. And if you do get through a claim, that will be taken from your grant in June.

Another own goal by boy wonder. He should have been told people were getting a universal basic income.

And who does the first question go to? Why Laura 'I'm Boris's cheerleader' Kuessenberg. Who as usual asks a daft question that allows them to waffle.

Seems like he now hopes it's up and running by June. He says 'it's complicated'. Universal basic income is extremely easy.

I'm a big fan of Sunak.

This is an incredibly complex thing to roll out and ensure it goes to those who need it. Its miles harder than for employees.

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[SpongeBob brown shoes]

So I take it HMRC will contact me and pay 80% of my average wage over the last 3 years? All's I do is fill the form they give me, sounds reasonable TBF, bit of a wait but at least you know you'll get something

 

[SpongeBob brown shoes]

Did peston just swear