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Originally Posted by Chrysalis
By Tory standards its a reasonable budget and pretty much a 180 over truss economics, it could have been far worse.
Now days though people tend to look at budgets as in "whats in it for me" and of course there will be many feeling hard done by with the tax changes.
The government I think was right to prioritise the most vulnerable.
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I will be 100% straight. I think for a good number they are giving to much. I will gladly take the £900 but in all honesty I could manage just about without it. I already pay 20% for energy more than I use building up a nice bolster cushion.( more of an accident due to my change of habits and using a lot less than I was)
I guarantee you there is a very large number of none working people with a new iphone and full Sky/Virgin package and various other luxuries those struggling on minimum wage would love to have and some that can still afford a cheeky line of coke or a bag of weed and then complain they can not afford food. I think means testing should be tighter and those on means testing budgets show what they are spending the money on and those wasting it should not get that much
With the £900 next year the 10% and the increase in benefits even with inflation I will not be much different than I am now.
I am however grateful for the energy cap even though it is going up because it is still 2K lower than estimates for next April were on Ofgems cap which would have made my life very hard indeed and at least I can budget someone for the future now although there is nothing stopping Hunt getting the sack and another backtrack I guess