Nibbled Away!!!
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Nibbled Away!!!
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A. JSP 752, Chapter 3, Section 1.
1. The following changes to the policy regarding entitlement to claim Incidental Expenses (IE) should be noted by HR staffs and disseminated to all Service personnel.
2. The overseas rate of IE, as from 1 Apr 10, will be aligned with the UK rate at £5.00. Additionally, payment of IE will be capped at a 30 calendar day/night limit. These changes will be included in the next version of JSP 752.
A. JSP 752, Chapter 3, Section 1.
1. The following changes to the policy regarding entitlement to claim Incidental Expenses (IE) should be noted by HR staffs and disseminated to all Service personnel.
2. The overseas rate of IE, as from 1 Apr 10, will be aligned with the UK rate at £5.00. Additionally, payment of IE will be capped at a 30 calendar day/night limit. These changes will be included in the next version of JSP 752.
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And I believe there are significant changes also to the availability of disturbance allowance for those occupying SLA, notified in another of a batch of T Letters I saw this morning.
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Disturbance allowance change isn't such a biggie I don't think, as far as I read it if you occupy SLA you no longer get disturbance for a "same unit move". Kinda makes sense.
Also girls no longer get an allowance for their sussies.
Also girls no longer get an allowance for their sussies.
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I'm not following this change.
So, if I'm away for more than 30 days, I'm no longer incurring costs that IE was covering in the first 30 days ? Is there a letter I show in the local stores that gets me my newspaper and toothpaste (as well as phone call home) for free.
What's the rationale behind that ? If it's that $5 (sorry, don't have a GBP sign on this keyboard) more than covers you, then lower it and give you it everyday.
Do you have to provide receipts still or are those days gone ?
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So, if I'm away for more than 30 days, I'm no longer incurring costs that IE was covering in the first 30 days ? Is there a letter I show in the local stores that gets me my newspaper and toothpaste (as well as phone call home) for free.
What's the rationale behind that ? If it's that $5 (sorry, don't have a GBP sign on this keyboard) more than covers you, then lower it and give you it everyday.
Do you have to provide receipts still or are those days gone ?
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Change in DA Allowance
A few years ago, I graduated from Sleaford Tech and my prize was an eviction notice to move out of my Airman's Quarter and was told to move into the Officer's patch. I was no longer entitled to a 2 bed house on 1 side of COTT but a 3 bed house just a few hundred yards down the road. Even though it was just for an additional 6 months whilst I completed Eng trg, I did not want to move but DHE were insistent.
It cost the system a Pickfords removal service and about £1300 in disturbance allowance - a complete waste of money.
The downside was that my rent went up by 50% but my pay didn't....
It cost the system a Pickfords removal service and about £1300 in disturbance allowance - a complete waste of money.
The downside was that my rent went up by 50% but my pay didn't....
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If they are saying that the £5 IE is limited by UK (Tax) policy then that is just wrong as the £5 is a continous allowance for any day that you are away from home and it is agreed by the revenue(Their rules) it is therefore an allowance that should be given for any days you are away, that is certainly the rules for the civilian world, certainly sounds as if you guy's are getting shafted again!!!
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I am hoping that is 30 days in one stretch. If it isn't, I will suggest that someone who has not done 30 days goes away to do the job!
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Is there a letter I show in the local stores that gets me my newspaper and toothpaste
Maybe we could help you fix your Tennis court whilst we are paying you? How about a new house for your duck pond?
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They are also reducing the capped amount you can claim for meals when away too. It wasn't enough before so we really are being driven into the Burger Kings of this world whilst on Her Majesty's business....
You have to work hard to spend £27 a day on food.
However, the 30 day cap on IE makes no sense whatsoever. Neither does dropping overseas IE by 50% at a time when the £ is practically on a par with the currency of Zimbabwe against most other currencies.
I am hoping this is a short term 'belt tightening' measure to keep the bean counters happy.
Roll on a UKIP government and a 40% increase in defence spending.......
.......and your back in the room.
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Balti Chicken & Rice & Naan Bread = £9.40
King Prawn Chow mein & Rice = £5.60
Big Mac meal = about a fiver
What do you blokes eat that costs 27 Quid...?
Even a posh pizza joint struggles to muster £27 - http://www.loveprezzo.co.uk/pdfs/prezzomenu.pdf
King Prawn Chow mein & Rice = £5.60
Big Mac meal = about a fiver
What do you blokes eat that costs 27 Quid...?
Even a posh pizza joint struggles to muster £27 - http://www.loveprezzo.co.uk/pdfs/prezzomenu.pdf
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Try eating in the hotel with the Civil Servants that you are travelling with! £27 for lunch and dinner doesn't cover it. Often there is no alternative (before you say 'go to a cheaper restaurant'). Either way it is still robbing us....