Happy Friday! I’ve not been doing Friday Links much because the world feels like a bin fire and it seems that there is no good news. So some of these links will be old..
About 1,500 Britons a day quitting their jobs to become unpaid carers. I can believe it, my life would be much easier if I didn’t have to work, but then I would have no pension and no money and where would I live? I’m lucky that I work for a really supportive company that has been understanding of me working from Mum’s house but if they weren’t, I probably would have to give up work. Which means as I age, I’ll rely more on the State for support. The 10 days paid leave or paying carers allowance to people who are caring even if they are above the income threshold, is a small amount of money for a saving down the line. I currently burn through all my leave doing things for Mum and I can’t afford to take the 10 days unpaid leave I could get. If I had the carers allowance it would allow me to take the leave if I needed. It sometimes feels like the system is designed to squeeze everything out of me, before it’ll help.
Badenoch’s inheritance tax gambit makes no economic sense
Israeli settlers attack olive farmers and Washington Post journalist in West Bank. This is unsurprising but still bloody awful…
How Shakhtar Donetsk made Stamford Bridge home: ‘We brought smiles to children under attack’. If we’re not playing European football it’s good to see Stamford Bridge being used for this..
Stevie Wonder review – playing his greatest album in full, he knocks everyone sideways. This surprises me not at all, Mum took me to see Stevie Wonder years ago, best concert ever, the man is amazing…
The Good List: 6 Things to Add Joy to Your Day This is a US list but the last one, about Brother of the More Famous Jack. So true, go and find a copy, it’s such a good book, and I have several copies of it!
