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I worked in Mainland China until recently and was surprised that even the most westernised Chinese people still believed that the virus originated in a lab in Dallas, Texas, USA. You can only imagine the level of racism we experienced over there during that period 😟

Pure Audits We've all surely heard of Auditors by now, along with the kings of UK auditors like AB, PTTP, Focus Pocus, and DJ Audits but this lesser known guy is my favourite. Often nicknamed the 'Frank Spencer' of auditors...it takes a wise man to play the fool 🤔

Sabine Hossenfelder. An interesting, often humourous, take on the state of modern physics and how it intersects with modern culture.

Erm...yes they are 🤣

Me too, at the end of last year. That included registering with a new GP at the new medical centre just down the road from my parents' house. I had to wait 2 months to get a (free) consultation with a surgeon though 😊

You should've done it by post. Mine only took 2 days 🤪

...or the more chronic illnesses you have, the more vaccines you get? 🤔

I wonder how much vaping-related car accidents cost them last year 🤔

Yes that's a very small increase for 16 years of contributions. It could be that some of those years don't actually increase your pension. Did you call FP to check before paying? Good news is you paid the cheaper class 2, so didn't waste much, and you're on course for the full pension. 😊

OK then...guess we'll both have to wait until next year to see our NI record updated 😟

Surely the tax year 2026 to 2027 won't add anything to his pension as it won't be a full tax year? I think he still needs to contribute for the years 2024 to 2025 and 2025 to 2026 to receive the full pension as his forecast states that it is based on his 'National Insurance record up to 5 April 2024'

Based on that and my corresponding sections above, your forecast is the amount you receive 'if you contribute until [retirement date]'. As long as you pay for the next 2 years you should get the full pension. Obviously those can't shown on your NI record yet. Are the shortfall years you paid showing as full on your NI record?

Can you post this part of your pension forecast?

You could try HMRC Online chat. You can chat with an advisor, as opposed to a computer, during office hours. https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/ask-hmrc/chat/online-services-helpdesk

HMRC have a community forum where official advisors respond to questions...or you can just look through the existing posts as people ask the same questions over and over again 🙂 https://community.hmrc.gov.uk/customerforums/ni

I'm in the exact same situation as you, except I'm just about to call them to check that they've received my payment (it's been just over 8 weeks as they advise). Current time from making payment to updating NI records is 65 weeks! When you last called HMRC, did you inform them which years you want to allocate the payment to?

There seems to be a lot of confusion over what this is! 1. The Equality Act 2010 tells organisation when they can discriminate and when they can't, according to specific protected characteristics. 2. The Supreme Court ruled that the protected characteristic of 'sex' refers to 'biological sex', otherwise it would lead to contradictions in law. 3. Trans people are still protected against discrimination under the protected characteristic of 'gender reassignment'.

Not any more 🙂

Vape party? 🤔

Someone should remind them about this one as well

I've just been through the exact same process, starting January this year. After you completed the online CF83 form, did you recieve a letter with shortfall tables, detailing which weeks / years you are eligible to pay class 2 NIC?

Then why have the policy if it doesn't provide an advantage? The advantage is that ethnic minorities can start their application and then submit it at any time whereas some white candidates were only given 2 days to complete their applications. Having a longer time complete an application, for any job, gives a huge advantage as there is more time to review and refine the application. As for 'simply providing more opportunity to attract talent from a pool of applicants', this just word salad management-speak designed purely to deflect away from the real reason.

Address everyone as 'comrade' or 'thetan'. Problem solved

I'm going to send this guy...😂

Hard to predict inflation but Thai food / drinks, cost of labour etc not likely to increase in proportion to the UK pension. If you own your own home, minimal increase in costs. Hopefully the 800k threshold for retirement visa will still be in place, giving a comfortable cushion.