Well, if it changes to non-alchoholic I would expect a lot more claims for 'snack meals' <£5 local equiv and people asking for separate drinks receipts during evening meals. Where there's a will there's a way.

Still, under the old rates system I probably wouldn't have bothered having a steak - with lobster and/or shrimps on top, naturally - every evening meal bar one - the decent restaurants were closed when we made it down town one night - on a 16 day det.

Business Car Insurance
 

Sloppy Link,

When our MT section suggested that I needed business insurance in order to use my own car for a duty journey recently, I took the liberty of phoning my insurance company, and they were quite happy for me to use my car for the occasional "duty journey", be it sport or going to Leuchars for a week etc.

Business use insurance would only be required if I was to use my own car in the course of my daily duties, other that travelling to/from work. An example would be that if you had to travel between several places of work on a daily, or regular, basis, then that would constitute business travel.

Funnily enough, MT have never asked me again if I have business cover for using my own car.

Another pearl from the MT corporal was that you are not allowed to drive for 7 or more consecutive working days. My request to go away for a weekend of representative sport would be turned down by MT if I had been at work for the 5 previous days apparently. Having told him that I would therefore take a days standdown during the week he was quite happy. On reading the appropriate JSP, I discovered that the 7 day rule only applies to "professional" drivers, ie MT drivers etc. It does really hack me off the way that some empires go out of their way to make things as difficult as possible for you to do what you need/want to do.

Y_G

Your insurance company may be content unfortunately the JSP ("the law") states that you can only claim MMA if you have this level of insurance. If you break this knowingly then you may be subject to disciplinary action.

Also your pay staff should not be allowing you to claim without having signed the certificate to say you have the correct level of insurance:ugh:

Spot on BJ. I suppose it just means that I will either be using MT and driver or public transport, if suitable. 4f's private car will never be used again.