Let's give an example. Say you earn £60,000, and get a £1,000 pay rise. First of all, this costs your employer £1,150 as they pay over 15% in employer's NICs. Out of the £1,000 paid to you, you hand over £400 in income tax, and £20 in NICs, leaving you with £580. If you have

I am inevitable

In fact, the Corporation of London is so old that the Magna Carta says "The City of London shall enjoy all its ancient liberties and free customs, both by land and by water." Already "ancient" in 1215.

Any teacher who gets 5 year old children to write Valentines to ANY adult man shouldn't be working with children of any age.

Wonder how long it will take for Americans to realize why russian officials are posting this

Congratulations to @jdvance on wearing proper shoes, unlike the horrors worn by David Lammy . And there’s another Labour footwear stuff up here: if you’re going to wear the Union Flag, first check that it’s correct. These ones insult the Irish by omitting the cross of St Patrick.

'Don't judge me, that's God's job'. Surprised a lawyer doesn't know it's a judge's too.

Alternative take: cynically getting all the stupid old terrorist sympathisers to hold up the signs didn't pay off and they got arrrested anyway

Pretty sure that the "current party insider" was Burnham himself.

Given the 50bn black hole Reeves now has, she's going to have to either: massively cut spending; increase income tax and VAT (there simply isn't enough space anywhere else to increase taxes to raise 50bn); or bankrupt the country. I know which I'm betting on.

Apparently there should be an exemption from terror laws for geography teachers. What about history teachers? This chap is clearly a historyphobe.

British police, increasingly turning into a trade union for criminals telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08/0…

“Criticises” is the word you’re looking for. You’re the BBC, for God’s sake, not a teenage YouTuber.

There’s the obvious next problem - which is probably a bigger problem than the courts. We need to invest in jails to start putting criminals - including terrorist supporters. Letting everyone out free because no one has the space is not sustainable.

Everything in the UK is actually getting better, actually. The gates on my gated community are higher, my lactose is now gluten free, my gluten is lactose free, my uber customer rating is now 4.8 stars and no one has tried to steal my phone in over three days. Grand.

Yet for no reason at all Tesco is now locking up... sausages!

I’m incredibly grateful to the Sunday Mail for splashing this story off the back of my research on drug dealer sentencing. It’s important that Scotland pulls out all stops to bring down our drug death figures. That means tackling the supply chain itself.

Fucking hell.

Arresting people who commit crimes is indeed a key part of being a police officer, yes?

The earliest opportunity being 2075, or maybe 2080 if anyone can be arsed.