Sounds like Brexit.
Autumn Budget 2022
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There's probably a reason for that...
As a famous orator once said...
Fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.
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With WFH I wonder how many on disabilities could actually be gainfully employed now.
I mean we have at least a couple on here who can post a lot. If they can post on the forums I see no reason they couldn't do a text based role on a laptop
I mean we have at least a couple on here who can post a lot. If they can post on the forums I see no reason they couldn't do a text based role on a laptop
Its not labour or tory party
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Nor are the greens or LD and both them seem to have at least a coherent policy. Well, compared to "reform"
no thanks.
With WFH I wonder how many on disabilities could actually be gainfully employed now.
I mean we have at least a couple on here who can post a lot. If they can post on the forums I see no reason they couldn't do a text based role on a laptop
I was actually reading something on the internet the other day where jobs had been created in Japan where people with disabilities were remotely controlling robots who served people in restaurants. Found the article, sounds like it's quite a few years old.
Now open: this Tokyo café has robot waiters controlled remotely by disabled workers
Nihonbashi's newly opened Dawn Avatar Robot Café is looking to create a barrier-free and inclusive Tokyo
www.timeout.com
It seems like a great idea, as i imagine a lot of disabled people probably would actually like to work and be productive. However likely fall into the same trap as others where it's more beneficial to not work because of the restrictions of pay/benefits. My wife for example has an extreme fatigue disability. She works from home at a detriment to her health because the alternatives of just sitting around watching tv all day are horrific.
just use a robot why pay for someone to use it?I was actually reading something on the internet the other day where jobs had been created in Japan where people with disabilities were remotely controlling robots who served people in restaurants. Found the article, sounds like it's quite a few years old.
Now open: this Tokyo café has robot waiters controlled remotely by disabled workers
Nihonbashi's newly opened Dawn Avatar Robot Café is looking to create a barrier-free and inclusive Tokyo
It seems like a great idea, as i imagine a lot of disabled people probably would actually like to work and be productive. However likely fall into the same trap as others where it's more beneficial to not work because of the restrictions of pay/benefits. My wife for example has an extreme fatigue disability. She works from home at a detriment to her health because the alternatives of just sitting around watching tv all day are horrific.
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I was actually reading something on the internet the other day where jobs had been created in Japan where people with disabilities were remotely controlling robots who served people in restaurants. Found the article, sounds like it's quite a few years old.
Now open: this Tokyo café has robot waiters controlled remotely by disabled workers
Nihonbashi's newly opened Dawn Avatar Robot Café is looking to create a barrier-free and inclusive Tokyo
It seems like a great idea, as i imagine a lot of disabled people probably would actually like to work and be productive. However likely fall into the same trap as others where it's more beneficial to not work because of the restrictions of pay/benefits. My wife for example has an extreme fatigue disability. She works from home at a detriment to her health because the alternatives of just sitting around watching tv all day are horrific.
Looks cool.
I was also being serious. Its completely plausible that some roles that are currently being done by able bodied people who used to go to offices could 100% be completed by people who are on disability benefits as they would struggle to meet the requirements of that role based in an office.
Some of them would likely be very productive people in the workforce. I would say to some extent the disability criteria has fallen behind working practices.
Presumably it's 2 fold
1 - It gives people with disabilities a purpose which is good for them
2 - It probably is a lot easier to create a robot which is controlled than one that's fully self aware
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The 23% fuel duty increase in March is going to hurt if fuel prices stay around the same levels, going to keep the cost of everyday items up, not sure its the right time for that.
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Agreed, take the poster above who's on UC due to illness. Getting up and going out to work is a huge undertaking but working from home requires less physical effort. I've a feeling my wife actually found a company who exclusively employed disabled people to work remotely for certain admin tasks, although i forget who it was.
I guess a problem is that a lot of people on disabilities have good days and bad days. They may be find working on those good days, but having large periods of absence during the bad times would be difficult to manage for a company. Unless they were in a team based role which was easy to jump in/out of the workload with constant backup.
#1 being hugely more important than a lot of people realize I think.
For many of us who are (in the classical sense) unable to work due to injury or disability, the chance to actually do something productive again is a huge uplift to a person's wellbeing.
It's less the UC I begrudge. And more the pension. More raise pensions now, the sooner it will come to an end. Those legitimately on UC? I'm guessing most would choose otherwise. Special empathy for the disabled. If you can't get to an office or simply can't work it's degrading enough. I absolutely support benefit increases here.
Its simply ridiculous to keep the triple lock. Can't believe its still in place.
Its simply ridiculous to keep the triple lock. Can't believe its still in place.
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Equally all the able bodied who won't go to work because it pays them only a £100 or so extra per week. It is not the same as working for that £100 per week. I would have been tearing my hair out without the satisfaction of work, of colleagues, of different experiences and conversations and finally of producing something and taking home a wage packet each month. The benefit of all that far exceeds the difference between UC and work.
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Unless you are picking spuds of course
Well Mrs May wanted to remove it in her manifesto. All other parties supported it's retention. Today all parties support its retention.
I too think a more sensitive assessment is needed though. I will get max of 5% In my pension from work.
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As I mentioned earlier, I can’t commend the Tories for raising disability benefits by inflation as they had no choice. It’s written in law.
I don't think anybody has mentioned the changes to capital gains tax - the exemption amount is dropping from £12,300 to £6,000 in April '23 and then to £3,000 from April '24.
There'll be a few tory supporting landlords spitting feathers at that. I'd expect to see more landlords (and second home owners) selling up soon which may cause further issues for the housing market.
There'll be a few tory supporting landlords spitting feathers at that. I'd expect to see more landlords (and second home owners) selling up soon which may cause further issues for the housing market.
Sure they could have a one line bill commuting it for one year. They didn't so are to be commended.