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Good, perhaps they'll stop ****ing moving here then.
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Good, perhaps they'll stop ****ing moving here then.
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Food price inflation has been lower in UK than the EU, ever since we left.
Awkward for the remoaners...
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Awkward for the remoaners...
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Plus, things in the EU aren't all hunky dory either. About to walk my kids to school as the metro is joining in a national strike, then I've got to pick them up an hour earlier than usual so we are all home before the anticipated violence erupts later in the day.
The government want to raise the retirement age to 64, which is a two year jump, but the full pension kicks in at 69. It's gonna be a fun day in Paris.
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That’s ok then. Ignore the other cost of living and tax increases. Well done Tories carry on.
And whether they have a Child......or 2......or 3.......and a dog.......and they have to commute a fair distance to work....and......etc
Agree, it all erodes the incomings. Just depends on personal circumstances.
After tax £30k gives you just under £2k a month spending money. A 30 year £100k mortgage would set you back £477 a month minimum at the moment. To rent a 3 bedroom house in Huddersfield would set you back about £900 a month. Utilities, kids, other debts, food…..I think if you have a young family and one income (how could you afford childcare on this wage?) this could be a really difficult situation. Whereas for a single pensioner with no mortgage or debts it might be pretty comfortable - even for a couple where one just gets state pension.
Who said it’s just a budgeting issue? He/she has issues of his/her own……
new zealands latest victim of covid named
Jacinda Ardern: New Zealand PM quits citing burnout
Media caption,
Jacinda Ardern resigns: ‘I no longer have enough in the tank’
By Tiffanie Turnbull
BBC News
Jacinda Ardern is quitting as New Zealand prime minister ahead of this year's election saying she no longer has "enough in the tank" to lead.
The shock announcement comes as polling indicates her Labour Party party faces a difficult path to re-election on 14 October.
Ms Ardern choked up as she detailed how six "challenging" years in the job had taken a toll.
Labour MPs will vote to find her replacement on Sunday.
Ms Ardern, 42, said she had taken time to consider her future over the summer break, hoping to find the heart and energy to go on in the role.
"But unfortunately I haven't, and I would be doing a disservice to New Zealand to continue," she told reporters on Thursday.
Ms Ardern will step down by 7 February. If no would-be successor garners the support of two-thirds of the party room, the vote will go to Labour's lay membership.
Ms Ardern became the youngest female head of government in the world when she was elected prime minister in 2017, aged 37.
And a year later she became the second elected world leader to ever give birth while in office, after Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto in 1990.
She steered New Zealand through the Covid-19 pandemic and its ensuing recession, the Christchurch mosque shootings, and the White Island volcanic eruption.
Ms Ardern said the past five-and-a-half years had been the "most fulfilling" of her life, but leading the country during "crisis" had been difficult.
"These events... have been taxing because of the weight, the sheer weight and continual nature of them. There's never really been a moment where it's ever felt like we were just governing."
Image caption,
Ms Ardern said she was looking forward to finally getting married to partner Clarke Gayford
National Party leader Chris Luxon was among those who thanked Ms Ardern "for her service to New Zealand".
"She has given her all to this incredibly demanding job," the opposition leader wrote on Twitter.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described Ms Ardern as a leader of intellect, strength and empathy.
"Jacinda has been a fierce advocate for New Zealand, an inspiration to so many and a great friend to me," he wrote.
Canada's leader Justin Trudeau said she had made an "immeasurable" difference to the world.
But while Ms Ardern was often seen as a political star globally, opinion polls suggest she was increasingly unpopular at home.
She led the Labour Party to a landslide election victory in 2020, capitalising on her government's strong early response to the pandemic.
But the latest opinion polls put her personal popularity at its lowest since she was elected, and approval of her party's performance similarly low.
In 2022, Ms Ardern told the BBC her declining popularity was the price her government had paid for keeping people safe from Covid-19.
However, she has also been confronted with a cost-of-living crisis, national fears about crime, and a backlog of election promises put off during the pandemic.
Reaction to her announcement has been varied. One local from her own Auckland electorate told the NZ Herald Ms Ardern was "running away before getting thrown out", blaming her for increased crime and rising living costs.
For others, like Auckland Pride's Max Tweedie, she is "one of the greatest prime ministers in New Zealand's history".
Those are sentiments shared by New Zealand actor Sam Neill, who said Ms Ardern had faced "disgraceful" treatment from "bullies" and "misogynists".
"She deserved so much better," the Jurassic Park star wrote on Twitter.
But Ms Ardern stressed that she was not resigning because she and the party were unpopular.
"I am not leaving because I believe we can't win the election but because I believe we can and will, and we need a fresh set of shoulders for that challenge."
Contenders for the job are yet to emerge, but several MPs - including deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson - have ruled themselves out of the contest.
Ms Ardern listed her government's achievements on climate change, social housing and reducing child poverty as ones she was particularly proud of.
But she said she hoped her legacy in New Zealand would be "as someone who always tried to be kind".
"I hope I leave New Zealanders with a belief that you can be kind, but strong, empathetic but decisive, optimistic but focused. And that you can be your own kind of leader - one who knows when it's time to go," she said.
Jacinda Ardern: New Zealand PM quits citing burnout
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13 hours ago
Media caption,
Jacinda Ardern resigns: ‘I no longer have enough in the tank’
By Tiffanie Turnbull
BBC News
Jacinda Ardern is quitting as New Zealand prime minister ahead of this year's election saying she no longer has "enough in the tank" to lead.
The shock announcement comes as polling indicates her Labour Party party faces a difficult path to re-election on 14 October.
Ms Ardern choked up as she detailed how six "challenging" years in the job had taken a toll.
Labour MPs will vote to find her replacement on Sunday.
Ms Ardern, 42, said she had taken time to consider her future over the summer break, hoping to find the heart and energy to go on in the role.
"But unfortunately I haven't, and I would be doing a disservice to New Zealand to continue," she told reporters on Thursday.
Ms Ardern will step down by 7 February. If no would-be successor garners the support of two-thirds of the party room, the vote will go to Labour's lay membership.
Ms Ardern became the youngest female head of government in the world when she was elected prime minister in 2017, aged 37.
And a year later she became the second elected world leader to ever give birth while in office, after Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto in 1990.
She steered New Zealand through the Covid-19 pandemic and its ensuing recession, the Christchurch mosque shootings, and the White Island volcanic eruption.
Ms Ardern said the past five-and-a-half years had been the "most fulfilling" of her life, but leading the country during "crisis" had been difficult.
"These events... have been taxing because of the weight, the sheer weight and continual nature of them. There's never really been a moment where it's ever felt like we were just governing."
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IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGESImage caption,
Ms Ardern said she was looking forward to finally getting married to partner Clarke Gayford
National Party leader Chris Luxon was among those who thanked Ms Ardern "for her service to New Zealand".
"She has given her all to this incredibly demanding job," the opposition leader wrote on Twitter.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described Ms Ardern as a leader of intellect, strength and empathy.
"Jacinda has been a fierce advocate for New Zealand, an inspiration to so many and a great friend to me," he wrote.
Canada's leader Justin Trudeau said she had made an "immeasurable" difference to the world.
But while Ms Ardern was often seen as a political star globally, opinion polls suggest she was increasingly unpopular at home.
She led the Labour Party to a landslide election victory in 2020, capitalising on her government's strong early response to the pandemic.
But the latest opinion polls put her personal popularity at its lowest since she was elected, and approval of her party's performance similarly low.
In 2022, Ms Ardern told the BBC her declining popularity was the price her government had paid for keeping people safe from Covid-19.
However, she has also been confronted with a cost-of-living crisis, national fears about crime, and a backlog of election promises put off during the pandemic.
Reaction to her announcement has been varied. One local from her own Auckland electorate told the NZ Herald Ms Ardern was "running away before getting thrown out", blaming her for increased crime and rising living costs.
For others, like Auckland Pride's Max Tweedie, she is "one of the greatest prime ministers in New Zealand's history".
Those are sentiments shared by New Zealand actor Sam Neill, who said Ms Ardern had faced "disgraceful" treatment from "bullies" and "misogynists".
"She deserved so much better," the Jurassic Park star wrote on Twitter.
But Ms Ardern stressed that she was not resigning because she and the party were unpopular.
"I am not leaving because I believe we can't win the election but because I believe we can and will, and we need a fresh set of shoulders for that challenge."
Contenders for the job are yet to emerge, but several MPs - including deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson - have ruled themselves out of the contest.
Ms Ardern listed her government's achievements on climate change, social housing and reducing child poverty as ones she was particularly proud of.
But she said she hoped her legacy in New Zealand would be "as someone who always tried to be kind".
"I hope I leave New Zealanders with a belief that you can be kind, but strong, empathetic but decisive, optimistic but focused. And that you can be your own kind of leader - one who knows when it's time to go," she said.
Read about Jacinda's surprise announcement this morning. I admire her achievements after the Christchurch massacre and White Island volcano disaster and I thought her rapid and decisive response to COVID showed great leadership.
I hope that she will be remembered well in New Zealand as a leader who achieved some great things. If her decision is based on her wanting greater family commitments rather than political ignominy then, I wholeheartedly support her decision.
If she gets bored of family life, we will have a vacancy in No.10 in about 18 months, she would be more than welcome here.
you just need to learn to budget properly
ask jareem
she dont use a foodbank
Mum on benefits spoils toddler with designer gear - from Gucci trainers to £1k gold dummy
Jareem, one, owns £750 Versace chain, a £925 diamond encrusted bracelet and a £1,000 solid gold dummy
NEWS
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Josie Adnitt
Graeme Murray
Robert Mann
- 12:21, 19 JAN 2023
- UPDATED12:30, 19 JAN 2023
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Kasey Akram loves to spoil her son Jareem (Image: Lee McLean/SWNS)
A mum on benefits has revealed she showers her one-year-old son with gifts including a £1,000 solid gold dummy - and even bathes him in milk and honey. Thought to be Britain's most pampered tot, doting mum Kasey Akram says she to loves to spoil her only child Jareem.
The full-time mum, who claims Universal Credit, has spent thousands on her child - but says she can't stop. Some of Jareem’s most extravagant possessions include a £750 Versace chain, a £925 diamond encrusted bracelet and a £1,000 solid gold dummy.
Delving into her reasons behind her spending, the mum-of-one said: "As soon as I had my little boy, my obsession changed from how I looked to focusing on my son. He's the loveliest little boy in the world and I’ve fallen out with friends over how much I’ve spent on him.
READ MORE: Pampered toddler to get £2,500 of Christmas presents including gold bracelet and Burberry tracksuit
"I buy my clothes off of Vinted so I can buy him what he wants. I’ll be wearing charity shop clothes while he’s wearing a £50 t-shirt and if I had the choice I would walk around naked so he could wear what he wants.
"Whatever he likes, he gets and if I can’t afford it I ring his dad and get the money. I’m not working at the moment, I do all this on benefits and the help of my ex-partner."
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Jewellery is among the items lavished on Kasey's toddler Jareem (Image: Lee McLean/SWNS)
Kasey, who has previously worked as a dancer and model, says she used to believe she had no interest in having a child. But after getting pregnant with Jareem in 2020, she quickly fell in love with the toddler and knew she wanted to treat him well.
He now has an elaborate routine which sees her give him a bath using milk and honey a couple of times a week. The soak is followed by baby oil and a baby massage while he watches Peppa Pig on his bedroom TV.
Despite being cash-strapped herself, the obsessive mum also bought Gucci trainers for the toddler - insisting her "prince has the best". She continued: "His dad always says that when he turns 18 he’ll get a girlfriend and move out but I say no, we’ll have bunk beds when he’s too old to share a bed with me.
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Kasey fills her bath up with milk and honey ready for Jareem to be pampered (Image: Lee McLean/SWNS)
"What Jareem wants Jareem gets – the last pair of shoes I bought myself were ninety pence Primark flip-flops and on the same day I bought him Gucci trainers. He likes flashing trainers but I’d never let him walk around in cheap tacky horrible trainers - if I wear Vans he wears Vans. I spent £1,000 on a solid gold dummy and he chucked it in the middle of town and lost it, I cried for three days.
"I’ve had his palm read four times in the last year which cost me £50 a time because he couldn’t speak and I wanted to know what he was into and what his favourite colour was. If I want to spend the money on my son that’s my choice, I don’t care if I walk around in Primark shoes as long as my prince has the best.”
Stainsey, I don't think you've quite got the hang of this strike malarkey.....
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At work or on strike, gotta have their lunch break. I was actually expecting a lot more trouble yesterday, but it all seemed relatively peaceful in the end.
Chris Hopkins my local mp most likely to be the next pm
He's been her Mr fix it
Minister for everything she doesn't trust anyone else for
Been in charge of education
Police
Health
And probably everything else in between
Been quite competent as far as I can tell
Only met him once at a function when we were in the long queue at the bar
Even though his vip table had a waiter he was happy to stand in the queue and talk to me
Think he did an alright job in my constituency so he got my vote last time out
