I’m a tax professional so can say with confidence that this is the Tories/shitty papersclutching at straws at a complete non event. It is absolutely pissing me off given how much tax evasion goes on by rich people, how much room there is for reducing tax for rich people (non Dom status, offshore trusts, various tax reliefs for owner managed businesses, etc), how complex the tax laws are (especially for normal people who can’t afford a litany of advisors), and the other corruption scandals (PPE, party donations, expense scandals, etc). The tax owed might be nothing but at most orient 3/4k.

Also, my e-bike, which is my main and only source of transport, got stolen recently and it’s in the same ballpark as this tax liability (1.5k) - how do I get 12 police officers to investigate this as reported it but they magically couldn’t find anything even though it was locked next to ATMs on a busy London High street…

Interesting! What would be some good use cases for this?

It says in the article ‘Lightly trafficked roads or locations that just don’t make socio-economic sense can be excluded from the requirement’ for the comprehensive network.

It’ll be up to each country how they decide to implement it. In some countries the core roads are managed by a central government agency so they would need to arrange it. In others it is the the local municipalities or privatised. Some countries will offer to private companies. Others will provide it themselves. The governments would be ultimately responsible but Im sure they can manage this given they already have responsibilities about maintaining the roads and rest areas. In the worst case they might have to pay for some infrastructure themselves but can make it back with the charges.

This is just one area of the overall fit for 55 and general EU plans. Public transport is already being looked at under different working groups (e.g. https://rail-research.europa.eu/about-europes-rail/).

The aim of the overall plan look very promising. https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/green-deal/fit-for-55-the-eu-plan-for-a-green-transition/

Mines just learned how to ride a pedal bike without stablisers and taken to so well. Naturally that means he wants to always go somewhere on it! It is so great going on a bike ride together though.

Somebody who used to teach children how to ride gave me a tip which seemed to work very well. Hold them gently by the shoulder instead of lower down or the bike itself. This way they learn how to balance themselves.

That’s really good point! It’s often cheaper to fly to Europe than get a train here…

For day trips, Bath, Oxford, Cambridge and Canterbury are all easy to get to from London. A bit further but still doable in a day probably, are places like Warwick (also has a fantastic castle), Stratford-upon-Avon (if you like Shakespeare) or Nottingham which are all very historical places.

Longer away so needs more time are Liverpool, Manchester and Edinburgh which are all great with lots of history.

Flight wise, pretty much any city anywhere in Europe would fit the bill. I’d recommend Belfast, Dublin and Budapest but the real list is so so long!

Amazing work team. I am already seeing improvements. Hope you are not killing yourselves though, I’m sure everyone realises how difficult it is and that it will take time to fix. We’re here for the long haul! Thanks again

So sorry to hear about your experiences and to be honest, I’m not even sure which country it is as so many would fit that. I was going to guess USA but knew it wasn’t. Then I thought Russia as the main boogeyman country right now. My cousin was working in Indonesia and got a bipolar diagnosis too after requesting help for her depression but is for sure not that!

I am in my mid 30s and have my assessment later this week so will see if I can offer any hints. I managed to develop some strategies through much trial and error, lots of mistakes and blindly trying to work things out. It’s not perfect but allowed me to mostly function as an adult with a decent job, so you still should have lots of hope for yourself. You can do anything!