Jackonicko
for the first time in a great many months I find that I must disagree with you - sorry.
The 'London weighting' allowance is nothing short of an utter farce!
With the exception of Housing, there is NOTHING in London that is more expensive than any where else in the UK!
I will agree that housing is a joke, but everything else, in the main, is usually much much cheaper. I am sympathetic to the housing market in the south east however, if things are that bad, its dead simple - MOVE!!!!
Dont sit and bleat about it, get up off your behind and do something about it! And £25K is not an 'adequate wage' for the North, its a bloody fantastic wage! What do you think the average wage is in 'the frozen north'?
I hate to say it, but Mr Blair is doing the right thing here. To give in to the firemen (sod PC!) would be a disaster for this country. Who would be next? the binmen, council workers, nurses, policemen blah!
Sorry, rant over
Best wishes to the GG crews, God Bless you all.
Hope its sorted before Christmas so you can be with your families - you all deserve that.
Kind regards
The swinging Monkey
'Simpson, don't throw nuts at the firemen!'