£2.8 bn is the cost to the British National Health Service of treating visitors: students, workers on visas, tourists, immigrants, expats popping back to see their old GP and, yes, “health tourists”. But the deliberate exploitation of the NHS by the un-entitled is estimated to be about £200m a year, which is a lot less …
Restaurants should hand all tips – and money accrued from service charges – to staff, the U.K Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills recently decided. Sajid Javid wants to prevent firms from taking any share of tips; and for restaurants to make it clearer to customers that service charges are optional. The proposals …
Yesterday I received an email from a new crowd funding platform called “CoverrMe.com” that helps readers in need raise cash from total strangers for mortgages, medical bills, vet bills, debt, etc. This isn’t new. Some while ago musician Kanye West appealed to his Twitter audience for cash donations, saying he was $53m.in debt. This tendency …
“A couple of years ago, my son had to undergo surgery for a hernia. He was rolled into the operation room and I was waiting nervously outside. “After some time, the surgeon poked his head out of the operation room and asked me, “Is the hernia on the right or on the left side?’” “Surgical …
I am at the airport. I say to the Homeland Security official: ”I have a total hip replacement. You want to check me?” “You come with me, Sir.” We walk all of three yards away, where a specially appointed official is waiting to inspect potential terrorists. I reflect that they are fifty years out of …
