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CPI is 3.6%, cash ISAs paying over 4% are easy to find.

Very true, but a) people have to be on board with chopping and changing to get the best deals, and b) over the past 5yrs those savers will have lost a shed load of spending power as its been well over 10% at points.

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 the old bill ain't interested.  They said they know who the culprits are, but chances of a successful conviction are low, so they just give out a crime number.

Disgusting 
TAPO do do a cloud storage option with subscription fee IIRC about 3 quid a month
the video doorbell is 'bricked' if removed and can only be  'un-bricked' from the administrator's Phone AP
I'm NOT a TAPO sales rep on commission, just suggested because it works well for me .
(the AI tracking keeps an eye on my 82yo mum with Dementia& Alzheimer's with phone notifications)
I do have mesh wifi with ethernet backhaul though ,so pretty stable ,and additional wired CCTV

plenty of other makes available though .as i'm sure you're aware of 

Not enough for defence. 2.6 % GDP so a soft budget. You got off lightly.

Weren”t NATO members supposed to up spending to a target of 5%, as per Trumpy?


( buy shares in drone building companies)

We can't spend money on defence and take 500,000 children out of poverty. The wánker Starmer was getting all emotional about these children on the news at lunchtime. Playing to his back benchers again.

Call me old fashioned, but if you can't afford more than 2 snotty kids without the taxpayer funding your little bastids, don't have more than 2.

Simples*


*Useless you are Starmer.

Some scrotes have done mum's place over again, and nicked her safe.  Sod all of value in there, but it's gonna be at least £2k for a new front door, and then the emotional costs.

I suspect the old bill will muster up enough enthusiasm to give her a crime number.


The police really need to get a better handle on this shit.  Sat with thumbs up arses only encourages it to happen more.

Have you considered fitting a couple of alarm bell boxes with flashing LED front and rear on all the time
(not an alarm system if too complicated for her)
video door bell ,TAPO one is subscription free  (micro SD card) and very good
https://www.argos.co.uk/product/5647389
Tapo do some decent AI PTZ outside cameras too

my deter the scum

The house and outbuilding are alarmed.  We're considering a doorbell and external camera with a cloud subscription so as not to be prone to the evidence being removed.  Though, as little bro who lives next door discovered, and who has full CCTV covering his home, outbuildings and grounds, the old bill ain't interested.  They said they know who the culprits are, but chances of a successful conviction are low, so they just give out a crime number.

The reason that the £20K cash limit has been kept for over 65's is that SS ISAs are basically stock market investments, and these sort of investments are only suited to medium and long term savings. Whilst the returns on the stock markets exceed cash long term, they are volatile and can go up and down lots in the short term - 20% drops aren't unknown. Therefore, SS ISAS aren't really suitable for coffin dodgers who may need to cash in the investments at short notice.

Personally I think even £12K p/a is far too much in cash regardless of age.

Just reading

 "Cash ISA annual allowance cut to £12,000 (from £20,000) per tax year. This will not apply to over 65s, who will keep £20,000 cash ISA limit.  I turn 65 next year

"The shares ISA will remain at £20,000 Remember this ONLY impacts new money being put in, it won't impact money already in ISAs.

Didn't watch the budget, so catching up on bits as I flick though news.

Interesting for those who have retired or prepared to take a gamble.  (Apologies if this has been mentioned already)

How come BBC can uncover illegal workers for the police to arrest? Why aren’t the police doing that?

Three arrests after BBC investigation into criminal network on High Street

Better off spending any cash in ISAs now, can't see any point in being the richest guy in the cemetery.

Not to mention that if its in a cash ISA its likely not anywhere near keeping up with inflation, so its buying power will probably be shrinking quite dramatically with each year that goes by.

CPI is 3.6%, cash ISAs paying over 4% are easy to find.

Some of my bill gets paid from the money I get back for complaining to them

There are 60 odd ex USAF KC-10's stored in the boneyard at Davis Monthan/Tuscon. They were only retired about a year ago. They've only ever been operated by the USAF, and were in service from 1979 ish. The last ones were built (tecnically funds were allocated) in 1987. The hours and cycles on these airframes will be well documented.

If I were NTSB I'd be asking the USAF if they wouldn't mind stripping the engines and pylons off a handful of them so they can inspect the parts that broke assuming the KC10 uses the same or similar parts.

Can't see them being any different tbh, the aircraft are fundamentally the same. The designers should have forseen the potential issue as the engines are mounted a fair distance forward of the main spar. To the point it's unusual.

Be interesting to see if the 737 Max will develop similar failures over time from mounting the engines forward and up from the original -300/800 design