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booo @ losing chind benefit... lol
tbh we get naff all in the way of tax credits so binning them for over £40K households really really really really wont save the govt much money at all.
Wonder what kind of dole 'salary' Carly could get by not working lol
Other than that, not toooooo bad for an interim effort
Hactually, taken from the actual budget document...
"
1.104This Budget announces a number of reforms to tax credits, to ensure
support is targeted on those most in need by reducing unaffordable support
for higher earners, and to simplify the system. As part of this package the
Government will reduce tax credit eligibility for families with
household income above £40,000 from April 2011 and make further
changes to this threshold in 2012-13 to focus tax credits on lower
income families. The Government will also increase the rate at which
tax credits are withdrawn once household incomes rise. The
Government will freeze Child Benefit to help fund significant above indexation
increases in the Child Tax Credit which is better targeted on low-income
families. This means that support will be better targeted at low-income
families with children and that this Budget will have no measurable impact on
child poverty in the next two years.28 In the meantime, the Government has
also asked Frank Field to lead an independent review on poverty which,
among other things, will make recommendations on potential action to tackle
the underlying causes of poverty and enhance life chances, consistent with the
Government’s fiscal strategy."
no statement on pulling child benefit from us "richies" lol
mmm, interesting. i predict darker times ahead...
all the major stuff takes about 2 years to implement anyway, its just impossible to get stuff shifted round on a national scale any quicker.
kinda. there has been major changes at work since day 1 of the condemned govt....
they do try to go after it but cash in hand payments are very difficult to prove and also the 100billion is a guestimate due to the nature of cash in hand knowone nows the figure its a shock figure imo just like weapons of mass distruction, lets face it the war in iraq and afganistan is costing a fortune and was based on lies again by labourQuote:
Originally Posted by Rob
the budget is very mild i was expecting alot worse tbf, and yup vat and a few other things have gone up a little but id rather that than get into the state greece are in
Please explain why it's a condemed goverment ?
Would you rather have Labour still in charge ffs ?
Racking up more debt, wasting money etc.
the tory led leics county council had massive spending cuts slapped on it from central government last october/november..... and our local council which is a mix of tory & lib dem, had an enormous 11000 house allocation stuck on it, causing major planning upheavals & basically wholesale selling off of land in 'soon to be ex' green belts to the big developers....which thankfully the new government has scrapped.....
there will be more cuts, but it will take time to implement a lot of them, healthcare & education reform will be a long term one. for every quid spent on patient care in the nhs, about 20 get wasted, my missus is always finding out about yet more middle management at her work & they have just been told to cut the staff numbers on the wards again as they have been assessed & they are deemed safe...... Oh and the hospital got built about 8 years ago & was carpetted from front to back.. & nhs infection control have demanded it is removed as it is a risk.....
i feel sorry for anyone in an office job in a major organisation, cos when the civil service gets slowly cut back, they will have a lot of competition for jobs
ok what will i get/no get, cant be arsed in going init all
basic wage £24k, around £35k with over time,
no kids, no house, loads of savings
private pension
what do i get ?
condemned = conservative + lib dem :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by Edd