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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
What is even more wrong, is the NI-free influx of Indian workers, many of them talented on decent salaries. The employers will gladly save on their NI bill.
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NI-free is the historic standard for such deals.
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
The link is about the winter fuel payment possible u-turn.
This is a purely political move (if it happens) and, if the government is to balance its fiscal books, the u-turn will need to be offset by a tax grab elsewhere. There's 'owt for nowt in this game.
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The government needs to diverge from the austerity of BoJo and Sunak and instead focus on growing the pot...not cutting expenditure to fit in the existing pot.
Doing this through cutting red tape in trade with our trading blocs is vital. I'm delighted to hear that we have finally secured a veterinary deal that will kick red tape into touch for farming and fisheries exports to our biggest market, the EU.
As a result, our agrifood exports to the EU look set to grow by more than a fifth, per economists at Aston University. Thereby growing the pot.
That's the good news. The bad news is that with increased expenditure needed on defence, we won't necessarily feel better off.