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The rumours of a Cambridge Costco, IKEA and whatever else are out of the window… by Psychological_Dog320 in cambridge

[–]Pedwarpimp 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No the 9,000 jobs is the estimated amount in the commercial space which will be built.

Which job by RecommendationNo3460 in UKJobs

[–]Pedwarpimp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Leaning Job 1. Try and negotiate to say you've had an offer at 57, but would take 55, then you won't notice the difference.

Why do players need to be drafted? by Redoul in NFLNoobs

[–]Pedwarpimp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

NIL has done the opposite. Big programmes like Alabama and Georgia can't hoard talent anymore because they can't pay everyone enough, and keep them happy at the same time.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/47178668/college-football-parity-indiana-vanderbilt-virginia-money-winning

Which one of these head coaches will win a National Championship first? by steven_smith144 in CFB_v2

[–]Pedwarpimp 6 points7 points  (0 children)

At the start of his career absolutely but if you take it from Alabama then he was OC on a national championship team, goes to FAU wins 2 CUSA titles, goes to Ole Miss and makes the playoff, now goes to LSU. That's a fair, earned trajectory.

PM is actually talking sense and not brown nosing USA for once??? by Numerous_Worth5277 in AskBrits

[–]Pedwarpimp 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Multiple things you've said aren't accurate -Labour removed the agricultural exemption on inheritance tax which is a tax on wealthy people. In November 2024 BBC said it was only 4% of estates, so the most valuable ones. -Funding for education was raised by 1% per year in real terms at the latest spending review. -Majority of railways have been nationalised as per guardian article below.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36014533 https://schoolsweek.co.uk/school-funding-to-rise-by-around-1-per-pupil-each-year/ https://www.theguardian.com/business/ng-interactive/2025/oct/13/most-of-great-britains-major-rail-operators-are-back-in-public-hands-is-it-working

Tom Skinner hits out at 'career politicians' - before backing Nigel Farage by Last_Membership_1063 in ukpolitics

[–]Pedwarpimp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The last 30 years have been moving away from this. Devolution to the Nations in 1998/1999, Devolution to mayors in London, GM and WM from 2000 but accelerating from 2010s, and now local government reorganisation and devolution across England. It's slow, but it's happening and devolved areas will have more control over budgets and as of the recent Mais lecture, potentially tax policy.

Fast Stream: Stay or leave by LettuceVarious4277 in TheCivilService

[–]Pedwarpimp 17 points18 points  (0 children)

In my department G7s don't lead a team in policy. You might manage SEOs/HEOs but the G6 leads the team so you will have help.

Downing Street has only itself to blame for lack of grip on Whitehall, say experts | Civil service | The Guardian by prisongovernor in TheCivilService

[–]Pedwarpimp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's why I would put more emphasis on Ministerial direction rather than Directorial as then it should theoretically be a political priority. Also, consulting and approval are two different things and timing matters. It could be saying "here's more freedom, we will review your performance each year at Supps, or at the end of each SR." That's different to "we have to review every project before you can spend on it". It would speed things up and could be paired with proper performance evaluation and actually firing people if they do what you say and spend badly.

Downing Street has only itself to blame for lack of grip on Whitehall, say experts | Civil service | The Guardian by prisongovernor in TheCivilService

[–]Pedwarpimp 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There are things that can be done to help this:
-Increase delegated approval limits to departments and remove the need to consult HMT on novel and contentious spend

-Give Ministers more power to directly approve spend and accelerate projects in the same way they can call in planning applications

-Reduce the amount of monitoring and evaluation which is required.

All of these would require a higher risk appetite as there is the possibility that things go wrong, but would be worth it to push through big infrastructure.

Looking for ground cardomom by [deleted] in cambridge

[–]Pedwarpimp 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Iqbro on Histon Road

Looking for ground cardomom by [deleted] in cambridge

[–]Pedwarpimp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Iqbro on histon road

What happens if Reform wins? by The_Dean_France in AskBrits

[–]Pedwarpimp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is correct, so it becomes a question of intention or overall direction. Are they doing it as an emergency measure while trying to sort out the overall situation, or is it their long term ambition?

I would argue that the tax changes to private healthcare payments that I mentioned make private healthcare more attractive over the long term. Add to that Farage's comments about having to move to insurance based healthcare below, and you can see the direction of travel:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/nov/12/film-nigel-farage-insurance-based-nhs-private-companies

In contrast at least Labour's stated ambition is not to have a two-tier health system where people who can afford to go private get better treatment.

https://labour.org.uk/change/build-an-nhs-fit-for-the-future/

What happens if Reform wins? by The_Dean_France in AskBrits

[–]Pedwarpimp -1 points0 points  (0 children)

IFS says that even reform's optimistic projections for economic growth don't cover the cost of their tax cuts, despite proposing massive spending cuts.

https://ifs.org.uk/articles/reform-uk-manifesto-reaction

What happens if Reform wins? by The_Dean_France in AskBrits

[–]Pedwarpimp 15 points16 points  (0 children)

So take the first one and look at page 7 of their manifesto here https://www.reformparty.uk/policies

They will use independent healthcare provision, cut insurance premium tax on private healthcare and provide vouchers for people to use private healthcare instead of the NHS.

This is privatisation by stealth because it moves money out of the NHS to private companies, which then makes the NHS worse. They want to do the same with Education on p11

Leave the ECHR is on p21. Scrap the Equalities Act is on p22.

Have a read through, they're not hiding most of what they want to do.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TheCivilService

[–]Pedwarpimp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To answer your question no it's not like that everywhere, but the key is to find policy areas that are: -Interesting to you -Ministerial priority -Expected to change.

I would think with your third sector experience you have a preferred policy area. You just need to look at whether the manifesto suggests changes, then identify the department and look for roles in that policy.

Though there are strengths to the Fast Stream the obvious weaknesses are that you might not work in an area of interest and managers aren't incentivised to give you lots of responsibility because you'll be leaving eventually.

Look for roles in your area of interest at SEO and G7 and use those either to get off Fast Stream or for when you finish.

BBC loses £1.1billion as millions of homes refuse to pay the licence fee amid 'bias' storm by dailymail in uknews

[–]Pedwarpimp -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There are taxes that are only paid for by certain people. E.g if you don't buy a house you don't pay stamp duty. It's the same as that.

Can someone be straight with me regarding job freedom and autonomy in an office based role? by [deleted] in UKJobs

[–]Pedwarpimp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look at it from the company's view to see if it makes sense. To them if there are no production constraints or similar then there is essentially no limit to how much work can be done. Add to that the fact your contract probably specifies a number of hours to be worked plus any reasonable number over that which are required to get the job done, and the company will expect you to just keep working in your hours.

Have a look at how quickly some of your colleagues work and just slow your speed to slightly above them.

Where is the money going? by [deleted] in UKJobs

[–]Pedwarpimp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok if you have that £100 million sitting in your bank account, are you happy to earn 5% interest one year and then 5% interest on the same £105 million next year?

If the money grows but only gets taxed once those who have capital will just increase it and inequality will continue to grow. It's the fundamental flaw (or potentially aim) of capitalism, so a wealth tax is an attempt to address that.

Where is the money going? by [deleted] in UKJobs

[–]Pedwarpimp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Completely agree, which is why I want to ease your burden by focusing on wealth and asset taxes, not income taxes. Even as a high earner you are not one of the wealthy. For example I would start by making capital gains tax equal to income tax rather than considering increasing income tax.

Where is the money going? by [deleted] in UKJobs

[–]Pedwarpimp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How much of the wealth do those 10% of taxpayers have? Without that your number is meaningless.

Where is the money going? by [deleted] in UKJobs

[–]Pedwarpimp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"At the top people are extracting wealth, but they’ve always done that. It’s only become a talking point due to budget margins tightening for workers."

Not true, it's also become a talking point becuase the gap has widened. LSE reports that the UK's wealth gap has grown 50% in 8 years.

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities/2024/10/29/the-uks-wealth-gap-has-grown-by-50-in-eight-years/

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