danny128 Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Thats why so many people are on benefit and doing cash in hand jobs, this way the employers wins as they can pay a lot less for cash in hand jobs, the employee wins because what ever he earn is on top of benefits with no deduction. Only losers are those honest hard working people on low wages and struggling with a mortgage Best advice if you earn less then £10 an hour is work a part time job and claim all the benefits you are entitle to, and do cash in hand jobs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted August 3, 2012 Author Share Posted August 3, 2012 That’s a posh house I reckon that could drop to £50K easy assuming you can do most of the work yourself. Didn’t the last government challenge builders to come up with an affordable house, I think the build cost they ended up at was £60k. I don’t think any got built though. £60k is what you charge to make a nice profit (to spend on tax [beer]). It can be done for under £30k. My granddad and great granddad built many houses in Sheffield, some private and some social. Both died in poverty. And back in the day, they bought the land before building! If they lived today they would be on the dole and build nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted August 3, 2012 Author Share Posted August 3, 2012 Thats why so many people are on benefit and doing cash in hand jobs, this way the employers wins as they can pay a lot less for cash in hand jobs, the employee wins because what ever he earn is on top of benefits with no deduction. Only losers are those honest hard working people on low wages and struggling with a mortgage Best advice if you earn less then £10 an hour is work a part time job and claim all the benefits you are entitle to, and do cash in hand jobs People with mortgages are a special group and due to Basel III requirements they are basically having their anuses licked clean by the taxpayer in order to prop up the bank's balance sheets. The people whom are being screwed are private renters in precarious and low paid work. (the mortgages being a method of keeping the mortgagee enslaved - but to his benefit somewhat) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 ... Before Sheffield he worked in Guernsey and the pay there was really good. But immigrants were only welcome temporarily whilst the residents wanted building work doing. The pay in Guernsey needs to be really good! - The cost of living is considerably higher than it is in the UK. There were many Latvians in Guernsey about 5 years ago - working as hotel staff (seasonal work.) Latvians - and other Central Europeans - are indeed only given temporary work permits, which are dependent on them being in work but that applies to most people (other than Brits.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted August 3, 2012 Author Share Posted August 3, 2012 The pay in Guernsey needs to be really good! - The cost of living is considerably higher than it is in the UK. There were many Latvians in Guernsey about 5 years ago - working as hotel staff (seasonal work.) Latvians - and other Central Europeans - are indeed only given temporary work permits, which are dependent on them being in work but that applies to most people (other than Brits.) Aye, my friend in Guernsey was sharing a mansion with some 10 or so other Lativans for a few months (renewed periodically for 2 years or so). The cost of rent per person was very low. They lived very well there, whilst the work lasted and then they were forced to move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 The residence rules in Guernsey are very strict. If you want to go there, you need a 'housing licence'. If the job you are going to be doing is deemed to be 'essential to the community' (usually a job like teacher, policeman or other public servant, but occasionally on a short-term basis to people employed in industries such as horticulture and tourism) then you may get a housing licence which would allow you to rent or buy any house. If you don't meet the criteria for a local market permit, you can still buy or rent a house - but only a house on the 'open market' - a house with an annual rateable value above a certain threshold. (I've no idea what it is, but it's high. - You're looking at paying upwards of £1.5 million.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted August 3, 2012 Author Share Posted August 3, 2012 The residence rules in Guernsey are very strict. If you want to go there, you need a 'housing licence'. If the job you are going to be doing is deemed to be 'essential to the community' (usually a job like teacher, policeman or other public servant, but occasionally on a short-term basis to people employed in industries such as horticulture and tourism) then you may get a housing licence which would allow you to rent or buy any house. If you don't meet the criteria for a local market permit, you can still buy or rent a house - but only a house on the 'open market' - a house with an annual rateable value above a certain threshold. (I've no idea what it is, but it's high. - You're looking at paying upwards of £1.5 million.) That would probably explain why many Lativians were renting a mansion together whilst taking on all kinds of work (particularly building work for the males) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 The Latvians would also need a work permit. - They do not have right of residence in Guernsey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I1L2T3 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 People with mortgages are a special group and due to Basel III requirements they are basically having their anuses licked clean by the taxpayer in order to prop up the bank's balance sheets. The people whom are being screwed are private renters in precarious and low paid work. (the mortgages being a method of keeping the mortgagee enslaved - but to his benefit somewhat) Savings and pensions funds are being stolen to prop up irresponsible mortgage holders. Like you say the powers that be have got those people exactly where they want them - chained to a huge debt some through to retirement and beyond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light sonic Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Can you still sign on in them these days, last mate I had that went to one after losing his job was given a telephone number to wring. I dont know these days, its been about 10 years since I last signed on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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