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Post by Morgan on Nov 18, 2022 7:50:43 GMT
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Post by Toreador on Nov 18, 2022 7:58:22 GMT
You'd have thought he'd have put a pound or two duty on vapes.
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Post by Pacifico on Nov 18, 2022 7:58:23 GMT
'The rhetoric of Osborne...with the policies of Brown' was never more apt.
And as if to prove it I see they have brought that arch New Labour politician, Patricia Hewitt, in to advise the Government...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2022 8:14:23 GMT
'The rhetoric of Osborne...with the policies of Brown' was never more apt. And as if to prove it I see they have brought that arch New Labour politician, Patricia Hewitt, in to advise the Government... What evidence are you using to support that claim? |
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Post by Pacifico on Nov 18, 2022 8:19:02 GMT
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Post by steppenwolf on Nov 18, 2022 9:32:15 GMT
I wonder what message it sends that benefits are uprated by inflation while those who work for a living (in the private sector) almost certainly get no pay rise at all. And the public sector go on strike for inflation indexed rises. So living on benefits becomes even more viable as a lifestyle choice. I thought the Tories were trying to get people off benefits.
They've bottled it. Sunak just gives in at the first sign of flak from Labour. Part of the reason we're in such shit is because Sunak was so busy trying to promote his campaign for PM (Ready for Rishi) that he threw away billions on furlough and bounce-back loans etc. He's a shit leader and Hunt is a shit chancellor.
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Post by Fairsociety on Nov 18, 2022 9:35:49 GMT
People on benefits as far as I am aware have not had a rise in benefits for a long time, and it's not inline with inflation, in fact it's well below inflation, which means lots of people on benefits right now must be living below the poverty line, so he had to do something.
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Post by dappy on Nov 18, 2022 9:37:02 GMT
Its almost as if posters on this forum (and some on the Tory back benches - I saw Rees Mogg being interviewed yesterday) have completely airbrushed the utter disaster of the Truss "mini-budget" from their minds and are now advocating the same disastrous policies. Have the people of the UK not suffered enough from this ridiculous dogma -I think she is reckoned to have cost the country £30bn in a few weeks.
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Post by totheleft3 on Nov 18, 2022 10:37:22 GMT
The lowest living standards since 1956
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Post by The Squeezed Middle on Nov 18, 2022 10:48:12 GMT
I wonder what message it sends that benefits are uprated by inflation while those who work for a living (in the private sector) almost certainly get no pay rise at all... And get a tax rise to boot. It sends entirely the wrong message. There should be no benefit increase. And the public sector go on strike for inflation indexed rises... That's a different matter: Many in the public sector have had a ten year pay freeze already and that's not sustainable. Nor is it fair to expect them to continually absorb the impact of profligacy elsewhere. |
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Post by Pacifico on Nov 18, 2022 11:32:30 GMT
People on benefits as far as I am aware have not had a rise in benefits for a long time, and it's not inline with inflation, in fact it's well below inflation, which means lots of people on benefits right now must be living below the poverty line, so he had to do something. welfare handouts always rise in line with inflation |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2022 11:34:51 GMT
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Post by Pacifico on Nov 18, 2022 11:35:54 GMT
Its almost as if posters on this forum (and some on the Tory back benches - I saw Rees Mogg being interviewed yesterday) have completely airbrushed the utter disaster of the Truss "mini-budget" from their minds and are now advocating the same disastrous policies. Have the people of the UK not suffered enough from this ridiculous dogma - I think she is reckoned to have cost the country £30bn in a few weeks.Well thats nonsense.  |
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Post by dappy on Nov 18, 2022 11:54:54 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2022 12:06:21 GMT
Its almost as if posters on this forum (and some on the Tory back benches - I saw Rees Mogg being interviewed yesterday) have completely airbrushed the utter disaster of the Truss "mini-budget" from their minds and are now advocating the same disastrous policies. Have the people of the UK not suffered enough from this ridiculous dogma - I think she is reckoned to have cost the country £30bn in a few weeks.Well thats nonsense. What evidence are you using to support that claim? Have you asked the people of the UK? |
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