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Dead miles are eating your gig pay — here's how to count them

You get paid for the miles with a passenger or an order in the car. You do not get paid for the miles to the pickup, between jobs, repositioning to a busier area, or driving home empty.

  • Dead miles are miles driven for work without pay from gig apps.
  • Calculate dead miles by subtracting paid miles from total miles driven per shift.
  • Use apps like ShiftLog to track pay and costs for accurate profit calculation.

Healey scraps ‘unfair’ standing charges from gas bills

John Healey has said he will scrap “outdated and unfair” standing charges from gas bills, in a move which could save households £45 per year. The Chancellor said these fees – which are charged on top of the daily rate to cover the cost of connecting to a supply – are part of “an energy [...]

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