Prince of Darkness

[SueEllen]

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it"

BBC News - Top Foreign Office official to leave post after Mandelson vetting row https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c747r3v90k3o...

[sadkingbilly]

This could be a bit of fun.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c78rr219457o

[LostCause]

Hoping to tap into the collective wisdom here as I'm struggling to find an umbrella that fits my setup for a new contract.
My situation:

UK tax-resident, working fully remote from the UK
Agency / fee-payer for the new contract is based in Ireland
Agency will only pay in...

[FreakShow]

I am starting a new role and the four contract options I can choose from are:
- Giant
- Parasol
- Danbro
- ForeTwo

I've not used any of these before, but I'd like to pay my pension money directly into my Vanguard SIPP. Paystream never allowed this and I had to have...

[NickFitz]

Slightly more manageable Roman numerals this week

• The Death of a Superman - in the USA, clothing donation bins are killing homeless people: ”Dennis started pulling himself headfirst into the chute; he got his head all the way in, and his left arm too. Then something slipped… The metal door

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[willendure]

So I need to confirm my id with this Gov UK One Login thing so submit the company confirmation statement on companies house.

I tried once before and it asked me stupid questions like did I open a bank account in 1996 or 1997 or 1999 ? Which I got wrong because it was over 25 years ago!!...

[DigitalContractor16]

Hi all,

I’m a PSC contractor on a long-term inside-IR35 assignment. Instead of going full umbrella, the agency is using a fee-payer who runs deemed-employment PAYE/NIC only on a base daily rate. The surplus (the difference between what the end client is actually paying and that base rate)...

[Martin@AS Financial]

Key points:

• UK annual house price growth picked up to 2.2% in March, from 1.0% in February
• Northern Ireland best performing area in Q1 2026, with prices up 9.5% year-on-year
• Outer South East weakest performing region, with prices down 0.7% compared with Q1 2025

Full report here:
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[Protagoras]

"The price of stamps has risen again, as the postal service faces criticism for failing to hit delivery targets.
A first class stamp now costs £1.80 - an increase of 10p - while a second class letter has risen by 4p to 91p."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0mj4mkk9...

[willendure]

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