Idiot? No need for childish name calling. :disappointed:
themachman
8 Jan 17#2
PeeeJ1978 congratulations on gaining access to my ignore list :smile:
Exinferis
8 Jan 17#3
Honestly, he/she might be an improvement over the feckless twonks who work for the new company; they're no better than Atos! Case in point: I had an appointment for the 5th January, which I couldn't attend as I've had flu all over the Xmas period (and for me, flu is not fun!), so I e-mailed to let them know. They then sent me two letters for another appointment; first was for the 18th, second told me to ignore the first and that the appointment had been rescheduled for the 31st. Both dated 5th January. *Sigh* If they can't sort out their appointment system, what hope have I got of getting a positive outcome of the "assessment"? Useless.
Incidentally, I've seen people say that benefits are taxed. I don't know about others, but my Support Group ESA is not taxed. I found this out as I was filling out the Gift Aid part of a charity donation because I thought I was paying tax, but I was told not to do so again as benefits aren't taxed. But, like everyone else, I get hammered for VAT on everything, so I guess I'm still a tax-payer in that sense.
faddy54
8 Jan 17#4
I don't think he's actually said that he's a medical doctor. I rather hope that he isn't.
faddy54
8 Jan 17#5
Income related ESA isn't taxable, contribution based ESA is, but even if you're on contribution based, if it's your only income you won't actually pay any tax as you'll be below the personal allowance - hence no tax for a charity to reclaim.
faddy54
8 Jan 17#6
"Five to 15-year olds that are eligible can apply for a Disabled Persons Railcard. While the Railcard doesn't offer discounts on child fares, it will allow one person travelling with the cardholder to get 1/3 off most rail fares." - taken from disabledpersons-railcard.co.uk/hel…qs/
soldierboy001
8 Jan 17#7
So the British Government subsidises a 33.3% discount system for disabled travellers to the tune of £4 billion, whilst RENFE the Spanish rail network get 1.8 Billion Euro ( £1.55 Billion ) to subsidise their AVE trains that give all passengers the right to travel say from Alicante to Madrid from between 20 to 75 Euro one way depending on time of day and you get a seat allocated. NO STANDING on Spanish trains. Distance by the way is 263 miles for the benefit of those that don't do KMS. Plus when I get to Madrid railway station I get to trave for free on the rail connection Madrid Airport. It's the little touches that make all the difference. Like not getting ripped off.
faddy54
8 Jan 17#8
It seems that most contributors to this thread assume that Disabled Person's Railcards cost the train companies money. You might be interested then to read this discussion, and in particular comment #15.
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Incidentally, I've seen people say that benefits are taxed. I don't know about others, but my Support Group ESA is not taxed. I found this out as I was filling out the Gift Aid part of a charity donation because I thought I was paying tax, but I was told not to do so again as benefits aren't taxed. But, like everyone else, I get hammered for VAT on everything, so I guess I'm still a tax-payer in that sense.