MolteniArcore
Well-known member
It's really off-putting that he's waving his head from side to side erratically - it's giving me motion sickness!
Usual budget speech. Only Gordon Brown, our best post war chancellor, got on with it without political waffle.All a load of bluster so far. No big announcement yet.
He usually performs like it's on ZoomWould have thought Starmer might have done it via zoom/teams
Which is a benefit of leaving the EU apparently....? It'll keep people happy though.Booze going down.
Depends how strong it is. Most spirits upBooze going down.
It's only prudent for the plebs, how they convince the worst off to keep handing them power.Yes but isn't austerity just a different spin on prudence? At the end of the day COVID has cost a fortune - didn't track and trace alone cost something like £40bn?, furlough etc etc. Doesn't it make sense to rein in expenditure now?
UC taper down from 63% to 55%. I work in benefits and don't recognise the savings for families. The Council Tax Support won't be changing so they will have more Council Tax to pay.
I will watch with interest as the changes come in to my inbox.
What I did notice that there wasn't many Tories applauding that!!
Good response by Rachel Reeves to be fair. If you can't quibble with the 'policies' highlight the failures. She's certainly packing more punch than Annalise Dodds
Mate, there’s always money.Totally agree with this.
I used to think Government debt was a bit like household debt but then i heard Yanis Varoufakis (probably not correct spelling) on question time or newsnight; he explained how investment and growth is key rather than cutting spending to the bone.
Austerity is a purely idealogical policy, just look at the vast amount of billions that the tories have syphoned off and given to their donors and friends but then refuse to retain the universal credit uplift or were trying their hardest to starve children until Rashford got involved.
Don't be sucked in by talk of balancing the books, it has absolutely nothing to do with that.