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Loan interest, however, is historically low, which helps people with mortgages. Swings and roundabouts.
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But doesnt help the older generation who dont have mortgages and may be preparing for retirement or have retired and now cant make ends meet as they are not getting the income they thought the would.
Also doent help those people that are locked into endowments who would have to pay a high MVA to get out.
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People's houses have put on about 134% in value. Some investments perform better than others, that's the market for you.
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means nothing as the house you buy has also gone up in value. It only ever helps if you sell and dont buy another house
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A tax introduced by the Tories.
The escalator was introduced by the Tories and scrapped by Labour.
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How much has tax on fuel risen in the past 7 years? Not that it matters as the government gets all of the money eventually
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Why is this a problem?
1996 with Howard as Home Secretary - 30,000 asylum seekers
2004 with Howard in Opposition - 34,000 asylum seekers. Devastating!
Immigration is only a problem if you listen to the dog whistles of Howard and the Tory press.
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Does that include the illegal ones??
+ with the EU recently getting larger, some who were asylum seekers are now here legally