Oh this one’s very easy. Possibly the easiest political situation to solve. Everybody (not in full time education and of reasonably sound mind and health) gets the same bill and has to pay it. Those with the broadest shoulders get to have nicer holidays. I believe it was called Poll Tax.
Puts on hard hat and prepares for WW3……
Perfect example, mother of two. Why should her life choices mean I pay more tax? Serious question.
As long as it’s made just as clear how reluctantly they all took their “gifts”, how reluctantly they chose to freeze thousands of pensioners, how reluctantly Ricky Jones wanted peoples thoats cut and how reluctantly Mike Amesbury beat a member of public up, it should all be good
To some degree we didn’t - the £22bn hole for example included spending commitments that even the OBR were unaware of and hence why they are publishing a refreshed take on the last budget’s impact tomorrow ahead of the budget itself. Even if you remove the public pay settlements from that, it still leaves an unexpected shortfall of around £12-14bn.
What was better known were the charades being played by the previous chancellor to make it look like future spending would fall or government income rise by more than it is likely to, so it could justify its tax cuts ahead of an election.
This latest discussion is about the tax rises in tomorrows budget.
Where in this discussion have I moaned like crazy about it?
Stop making things up to point score
Mum-of-two Hannah Clarke from Rutland in the East Midlands was juggling two part-time jobs but recently started studying full-time for a midwifery degree. She also works six to eight hours a week as a beauty technician.
She takes home about £1,800 a month, mostly via a student loan which she doesn’t pay tax on. She says this just about covers her mortgage payments - which went up by a third earlier this year - bills and fuel.
“I just about make ends meet, but it isn’t easy and I do sometimes have to ask for help,” she says.
She is bringing up two kids on her own (possibly with some maintenance payments - it doesn’t elaborate on her circumstances).
She is studying, at her own expense, to qualify as an essential worker.
Now her life choices (2 children and training to become an essential worker) are both contributing to the future welfare of the country. The only thing that she is suggesting may cost you more tax is the free school meals. That costs around £2.65. For the two kids that’s about £1,000 per year, presumably until she qualifies.
If that’s all it costs to get a qualified midwife I’d call it an absolute bargain.
No point scoring other than asking you straight up what you would do differently or otherwise to the government you clearly oppose and are trying inform us a of how useless they are.
Being honest,the way i see it, you’re completely entitled not to like this government (i am undecided) but i think its only fair that you tell us what policies you do like or support.
What in your opinion are the fiscal policies that would make this government, any government less useless given the huge budget deficit?
From where I am sitting, that’s exactly what needs to happen when the UK compares so favourably against other wealthy nations. Especially knowing the dire financial situation the country was left in by the previous governments.
My word. You think the income tax she pays (if any) and or NI pays the cost of her children’s education? No mention in the article of her child benefit btw. She might be fending for herself but the state is making a massive contribution funded by other people. IE, me.