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Interesting. 1.2% of revenue. I wonder what 45m profit in a year would be as a % if distributed across all members of the 4 TOCs on a pro rata basis to their salary. Minimal I would suspect.

Yes, their assessment. I’d love to see the actual figures. Group figures can be very misleading and subject to misinterpretation if not put in context/relative to the respective subsidiaries.

Can you detail the precise profits and, specifically, how much from their UK rail operations please.

Has there been an SWR ballot?

Yes, that’s the point I was trying to get over. For anyone below certain earnings they will be better off than the 2021/22 tax year but above a certain level it will be more than 2021/22 but not as bad as the initial increase we’ve just had. Lower earners will gain, higher earners will not but...

That prompts a question from me I’ve been meaning to ask. Normally RMT would have to negotiate with individual TOCs. Is this the case in this dispute or are they negotiating with the RDG who are working to collectively represent the TOCs? If the latter is the case it drives a coach and horses...

I haven’t got the precise details but it is aimed at care for the elderly etc. We all hear about the greater burdens on Social Care, especially as the proportion of elderly increases and people live longer. Successive governments have all failed to grasp the nettle until now. Whether it is the...

No it wasn’t. It was expressly for the NHS for the first two years to help clear Covid related backlogs and then it is meant to be for social care. Whether there will be sufficient visible that it is being used for that is another matter although my understanding is that from the third year the...

Broadly speaking car journeys are running at about 95% of their 2019 level (and that was before the recent fuel hikes) but this hides the fact that peak commuting is down by a greater amount. Rail, on weekdays is running variously at 85-90%, again against 2019 figures. But the rub there is that...

Comparison is best done using a flat week.

It will be on your payslip and assuming you’ve got your P60 for the last year your total contributions for the year should be on it.

That is now with the existing threshold. The threshold increases to match income tax allowance from 6th July meaning those below certain earnings will actually pay less per year/month than they were before the increase. That’s why I posted it as there is a massive misunderstanding about NI. Go...

Lots of mention has been made of the increase in NI so I’ve done a bit of research and calculation. Based on the increase in allowance (parity with tax threshold) and assuming a 13 month pay year (I assume rail pay is still four weekly) the NI contribution per pay period will reduce when...

Sorry, wasn’t the rise in NI precisely to address funding social care, albeit skewed to the NHS in the first 2 years? Successive governments of all persuasions have ducked the issue for years and when they finally do something we cry foul. The rise in NI is uncomfortable at the moment to say...

Apologies, I didn’t mean to infer you were but should have re-worded it to avoid any doubt.

Be very careful of this approach. Maximising disruption to minimise wage loss may seem logical but the public, who may accept the current action, would quickly get alienated and the government would make much of it. One of the reasons the miners strike in the 80s had varied public support was...

Very fair point, I fall on my sword!

Presumably none. And they got 2.7%. So assuming no strings attached would you be happy to settle for 2.7%? I’m not saying the current dispute should be settled for that amount but beware of making comparisons.

Although flights were heavily hit, airspace didn’t close. So you can’t really reduce the number of air traffic controllers; there may be some margins where a lower workload may mean a temporary reduction on a daily basis (I don’t know, I’m not in that industry) but getting rid of controllers...

Thanks for a very comprehensive, detailed post which actually informs those not involved in maintenance as to what the day to day issues are and how a reduction to two could have such a negative impact. Lots of hot air on this thread (understandably given the passions) but considered posts...