Angela Rayner dancing whilst on holiday in Ibiza

Iam64

Yes it does - parents really stretched and four days would help. Also research says employers get more in four than five days

I really hope that this does not become enshrined in law

Business owners should be allowed to run their businesses with minimum interference from Government.

Health & Safety along with taxes excepted.

It isn't going to become law, and it isn't just for parents, it is for "workers".

From the independent

However, ministers have insisted they have “no plans” to force businesses to accept a four-day working week. A Department for Business and Trade spokesperson said: “Our Make Work Pay plan is designed around increasing productivity and creating the right conditions for businesses to support sustained economic growth.

MissAdventure

It isn't going to become law, and it isn't just for parents, it is for "workers".

Thanks MissA I am still on Granny duty and only ^skim reading[ threads 👍

You're always welcome.

They are always throwing stuff at Angela Rayner. They hate her working class background and everything she does is criticised. Pathetic.

I was just wondering what height heels her shoes have.

I'm worried that young people might copy her if they're high, (the heels, not the young people!) and damage their backs...

Oh no the prime offender for high heels has to be The Princess of Wales. MissA

Oh yes.
I can agree with that!

Eloethan

They are always throwing stuff at Angela Rayner. They hate her working class background and everything she does is criticised. Pathetic.

Eloethan it’s not that AR has a working class background- it’s just that certain posters have very old fashioned ideas about the presentation of self in high public office. We can’t help having an expectation of professional behaviour in public office. What matters more though is how the country is run and at the moment, we are wondering how far down the line we go before the IMF takes over….

Only just seen this on GN as I’m out of the country at the moment.
I don’t understand why anyone cares what AR does when she’s on holiday. It’s nobody’s business only hers, unless she breaks the law!

What’s is the IMF please ronib

ronib

Eloethan

They are always throwing stuff at Angela Rayner. They hate her working class background and everything she does is criticised. Pathetic.

Eloethan it’s not that AR has a working class background- it’s just that certain posters have very old fashioned ideas about the presentation of self in high public office. We can’t help having an expectation of professional behaviour in public office. What matters more though is how the country is run and at the moment, we are wondering how far down the line we go before the IMF takes over….

I think ‘certain posters’ is mainly you on this thread ronib. We all expect high standards of politicians, but being seen in a nightclub in Ibiza on a holiday, wearing a respectable outfit and not behaving in an inappropriate manner is not a culpable offence in the eyes of the vast majority.

Totally agree Casdon
BTW you childish lot re my name didn’t realise the significance until it was too late. However name suits my humour

Iam64

What’s is the IMF please ronib

Iam64. The International Monetary Fund. It bails out countries.

Casdon there is at least one banned poster who found a lack of professionalism difficult. It’s not just me.

I’m guessing there isn’t a banned poster on this thread though ronib? A lot of us on Gransnet are former professionals, but we also live in the modern world, rather than expecting current professionals to live up to the professional standards of the 1960s. We judge people on the performance of their job.

Thanks ronib, I’ll relax as I don’t expect it to be needed

Iam64 but - black holes? More black holes? I hope you are right.

Nothing like a break or holiday when you have a stressful job situation. It enlivens the brain just as a good sleep does.

We judge people on the performance of their job.

Which is exactly why people are concerned about Angela Rayner, her woeful lack of education and her ineptitude.

Apparently her intention is to remove the right to buy on newly built council houses and cut the discount offered to existing tenants. Fine, should have been stopped years ago, except that she benefited by buying her council home for £79,000 after claiming a discount of 25 per cent, then sold it later with a profit of £48,000. (DT, 4.9.24.)
Do as I say, not as I do.
Rank hypocrisy and native cunning.

Eazybee Dan Neidle estimated a capital gains tax of around £3500 on the sale as couples are treated as having a main residence which is exempt from tax and AR was selling a second home. Interesting one that.

The laws around CGT are notoriously complicated and I bet there are a few people on GN who have failed to pay this tax some because of ignorance and some quite deliberately. I'm attaching an interesting revue of this case for anyone who wants to dig this up again. It is of note the HMRC decided there was no tax to pay and no further action to take. fwiw AR was not an MP when she sold her house.
taxpolicy.org.uk/2024/02/29/rayner/

eazybee

^We judge people on the performance of their job.^

Which is exactly why people are concerned about Angela Rayner, her woeful lack of education and her ineptitude.

Apparently her intention is to remove the right to buy on newly built council houses and cut the discount offered to existing tenants. Fine, should have been stopped years ago, except that she benefited by buying her council home for £79,000 after claiming a discount of 25 per cent, then sold it later with a profit of £48,000. (DT, 4.9.24.)
Do as I say, not as I do.
Rank hypocrisy and native cunning.

We will have to wait and see how well she performs in her job eazybee. Performance isn’t about doing things because other people agree with them, it’s about meeting the brief you are given.

foxie48 AR became an MP in May 2015. Her second home was sold in March 2015. I don’t quite understand what your point is?