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Old 22-11-2017, 08:47   #1
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Budget 2017

It's the proper budget today since they've moved it to the autumn.

Unless there is a surprise it looks like it will be underwhelming. May apparently kaboshed a plan to dramatically scale up housebuilding in the South East/London area because she's worried it will alienate the Tory voting base. A mistake I think because the last election showed that the lack of house ownership means they're not replacing voters as they get older.

For the young it seems this 25-30 railcard is their idea which, again, is rubbish since it doesn't even apply at peaktimes and for season tickets. Fair enough for some long distance rail journeys outside peak hours, every little helps, but is rather minor.

The government really has nothing to lose by being bold here, it's such a waste, like they're waiting to be chucked out. Might as well go for broke and doing something radical rather than a poxy railcard. It's just a zomble government.
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