Retired former editor Taxation magazine. Former LLM (Reader) Church of England. Part-time PhD candidate Queen’s Foundation/ Grad School VU Amsterdam.
Guildford, England
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Mike Truman retweeted
I'm concerned that the increase in employers' NICs, together with other rising costs of employment, are likely to drive an uptick in these kinds of schemes. I've seen a couple of examples already, but looking to build up more evidence as to the scale of the problem.
Mike Truman retweeted
Marriage Allowance is an amount of up to £252 which couples can claim if one is a basic rate taxpayer and the other has income below £12570.
However, please do not respond to emails like this one:
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Mike Truman retweeted
Very excited to be playing the magnificent @bathabbey later this month, with An Evening of (Very) Old Radio on Friday 24th January, 7:30-9:15pm.
Tickets £12, get them while they're hot.
Forget your troubles, come on get Abbey...
bathabbey.org/whats-on/an-ev…
Mike Truman retweeted
There are a lot of problems with tax thresholds in our system but the marginal rates faced by benefits claimants trying to work are even worse at times and a big issue for work incentives.
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If you wondered why Netanyahu's government refuses to end the war, one of the main reasons is that under its cover, the messianic nationalist right-wing ministers, led by Smotrich, are establishing illegal outposts throughout the West Bank. Since the war began, while hundreds of soldiers are falling in Gaza and Lebanon, government ministers are funding the establishment of illegal outposts and their infrastructure with many billions. 65!!! outposts have been built since the start of the war. The vast majority are in the pattern of "agricultural farms," which have minimal demographic and spatial impact, but their residents are the instigators of Jewish terror, displacing Palestinians, and more. According to Peace Now and Kerem Navot data, these farms are displacing Palestinians from 12% of the West Bank's territory. The Israeli Police is non-existent and the IDF turns a blind eye - this is not a mistake - this is the method.
Mike Truman retweeted
The owner of this app seems unaware that Tommy Robinson is in prison because he admitted to contempt of court after repeating false claims about a Syrian refugee who had been physically attacked at school despite being instructed by a court not to do so.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c704…
Mike Truman retweeted
Every word from Rabbi MK @KarivGilad.
Watch & listen now:
Mike Truman retweeted
A good complement is this, on being a Reader:
‘The sheer diversity of the people I met in and around the churches baffled me. They obstinately refused to be who I thought they should be, and almost none of them thought what I expected they should think’
quiteirregular.wordpress.com…
Mike Truman retweeted
‘We cannot assume much real Christian knowledge even on the part of many lifelong Christians…We are not the first ones to encounter a problem of overfamiliarity with Christianity that does not recognize its power and goodness.’
Why We’re Failing to Pass on Christianity
"How do you help people come to faith in Christ in a culture deeply but imperfectly suffused with Christian themes?"
@benjamindcrosby plough.com/en/topics/faith/w…
Mike Truman retweeted
I read @LyonsIzzy article in today’s @thetimes re care home fees with interest, as I’ve recently been through this with my Mum.
I hope the couple featured have spoken to a financial adviser - we are using an immediate care needs annuity to make house proceeds last longer.
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Mike Truman retweeted
Labour humoured the Waspi women for too long. My @NewStatesman piece on why the Government was right to reject claims for compensation but wrong to raise hopes in the first place. newstatesman.com/comment/202…
Mike Truman retweeted
We considered merging all of the identity studies programs into one department. But instead we killed them because we already had a sociology department.
Mike Truman retweeted
Wrap-up of one year with @OctopusEnergy Agile Tariff.
After last week's #dunkelflaute which brought a few worrying days for consumers on Agile, it's time to take stock of one year with on the half-hourly electricity tariff.
The results surprised me!
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Mike Truman retweeted
With WASPI in the news, worth reminding people of the 6 cases WASPI put forward to the Ombudsman as those worthy of compensation. Have a read of this thread and ask yourself if they really deserve government money.
(Do read the further link through to "3 Properties Mrs R" too.)
Mike Truman retweeted
SCM Press is pleased to announce our first Open Access title: When did we see you naked? Edited by Jayme Reaves, @TombsDavid and Rocio Figueroa
Available by PDF here: scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/media…
For more information about our Open Access program, visit scmpress.co.uk/help/open-acc…
