(Emergency) Budget 2015

[Gary L]

Originally Posted by denphone

Well even though l am not a Conservative l am reasonably happy that we have escaped the planned cuts so far and todays budget for us ain't as bad as we feared beforehand.

He's doing you lot next week

[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by denphone

Well even though l am not a Conservative l am reasonably happy that we have escaped the planned cuts so far and todays budget for us ain't as bad as we feared beforehand.

i bet Arthur has some unsavory words to say about it

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Gary L

He's doing you lot next week

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Originally Posted by papa smurf

i bet Arthur has some unsavory words to say about it

Arthur good old boy he is has been very quite lately.

[Osem]

Originally Posted by papa smurf

i bet Arthur has some unsavory words to say about it

Whatever they are I imagine they'll include 'Boris' somewhere along the line...

Originally Posted by Osem

Whatever they are I imagine they'll include 'Boris' somewhere along the line...

and cyclists

[Osem]

Originally Posted by martyh

and cyclists

and yet another job he's done in the past...

Originally Posted by Damien

Holy crap. National Living Wage will be made compulsory.

brilliant move ,I wanted the minimum wage scrapped as soon as Labour introduced it ,it just encouraged a race to the bottom

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Originally Posted by Osem

and yet another job he's done in the past...

I wonder what it'll be today

[Osem]

Originally Posted by martyh

I wonder what it'll be today

Brain donor?

[Taf]

Originally Posted by alanbjames

Strange its an "Emergency" budget just after they win an election to bring in those ideas they didnt want to mention before the election incase people would have voted the other way!

Quite a few promises broken by this budget, even going against their election manifesto.

Tax credits earning limit slashed, 2 kids only to qualify. That will sting some of the fast-breeding couples.

ESA claimants in the Work group to get a massive drop in income down to dole levels.

Parents with the youngest child at 2 years old to "prepare for work", and when the youngest hits 3 years old they have to be "actively seeking employment".

Flat rate Car Tax after the first year. £140.

Tax on insurances to rise from 6% to 9.5%.

[Kursk]

Originally Posted by Hugh

But, but, but - baby-eating heartless Tories!

Well, well, well. All the cry babies seem to have got it all wrong and we're even seeing turncoats extolling the virtues of the Tories.

Notice the ideas now being hailed by last week's detractors. Hilarious .

[denphone]

This man ain't for turning as l will criticise and praise in equal measure no matter who is in power Sir.

[Kursk]

Yep, and old Cleggie had all the answers too...right up to the point that he found himself in Government. It's easy to criticise; less easy to achieve.

Originally Posted by Kursk

Yep, and old Cleggie had all the answers too...right up to the point that he found himself in Government. It's easy to criticise; less easy to achieve.

He was in government??
I thought he was the cabinet tea boy

[Ignitionnet]

Originally Posted by denphone

This man ain't for turning as l will criticise and praise in equal measure no matter who is in power Sir.

Indeed. This wasn't exactly 'good' but it was way better than the past few months of rhetoric have lead us to believe.

I believe grown ups are happy to change their minds when proven wrong, children are intractable.

I have been proven wrong and am delighted to have been so proven. The budget was far more moderate than had been anticipated and much of it was quite centrist.

[techguyone]

Flat rate Car Tax after the first year. £140.

I may be wrong but I understand this only to apply to new cars, along with Zero & 'Premium' bands, older cars will be taxed as they are at the moment.

Shame I could have halved my tax if it was retrospective.