As I recall Boris promised loads of new Hospitals, never happened
The "new" hospitals turned out to also include "newly refurbished" or extended.
Some might say they needed refurbished as they'd not been maintained!
As I recall Boris promised loads of new Hospitals, never happened
Well I'm not sharing with you AGAIN .....
You heard about the arrests too....Corrected for you !!
Even if inflation wasn’t racing away it is inevitable that private rents will increase as legislation increasingly makes it more difficult for landlords. Increased costs will be passed on to tenants and there are no winners.Just found out my rent will probably be going up £50 / month next year, tax cut definitely isn't going to help matters
Absolutely. I haven't increased any rents since covid struck to give my tenants as much help as I can despite me facing ever an increasing tax burden. Now I have to start spending some pretty serious money to meet the new EPC regulations. The alternative is to sell up and get out which, quite honestly, may well be the way to go. If all small landlords chose to go the same way then rental property will become almost impossible to find. You can't alter the basic concept of supply and demand so rents will become out of reach for all but high earners to meet each month. Which will leave a massive gap in the affordable home sector. And yet the press still slag of fat cat landlords.Even if inflation wasn’t racing away it is inevitable that private rents will increase as legislation increasingly makes it more difficult for landlords. Increased costs will be passed on to tenants and there are no winners.
Mine is a Housing Association property and every year my rent goes up in line with the CPI in SeptemberEven if inflation wasn’t racing away it is inevitable that private rents will increase as legislation increasingly makes it more difficult for landlords. Increased costs will be passed on to tenants and there are no winners.
No, I'm not missing the point. Apart from the disgustingly wealthy who don't pay tax anyway, the current situation is going to affect the overwhelming majority of people. Regardless of how much they earn, sensible people tend to live within their means; small money = small house, big money = big house, and so forth. A 200% increase in energy bills affects people across the board.I think you are missing the point those on low wages are the ones who need help to buy the basics like food and heating, so a tax cut that only really helps those who are on middle or higher wages is the wrong way to go, and the middle and higher earners wont be paying more tax they will be paying less
And there you have it !Interesting you say that tax cuts only helps middle and high income earners. No, it helps everyone who pays tax.
So it is even worse than I said as actually the married allowance is £1260 more !!£12570 is the personal allowance.
Absolutely spot on. Whilst the government should be doing more, it's not their fault. I'm getting sick to tieback teeth of everyone, particularly where I live, blaming the Tories for everything. F'ing dickheads.So it is even worse than I said as actually the married allowance is £1260 more !!
As an example we get just a SMIDGE over £250 a week in total to live on.. pretty much what our energy bill per month is
Does not leave a lot
We are super careful and the family helps with a couple of meals a week ( mainly cos nowadays I have to do the cooking and they feel sorry for Woman !!! )
How a young family on zero contract minimum wage ( pays no tax ) will get on is a real worry
None of this is the govt fault but folk do not seem to comprehend that
It is global circumstances.. Mainly Putin being a total war mongering dick straight after the worst pandemic for 98 years
As I said the people who are in favour of a tax cut are those on middle to higher earners, people on the minimum wage don't pay much tax and wont benefit much from a tax cut, and will struggle more than those on higher income to make ends meet. to me an income of £70000 is a lot of money and I don't understand why anyone should think someone on £70000 would need more financial help than someone on £20000No, I'm not missing the point. Apart from the disgustingly wealthy who don't pay tax anyway, the current situation is going to affect the overwhelming majority of people. Regardless of how much they earn, sensible people tend to live within their means; small money = small house, big money = big house, and so forth. A 200% increase in energy bills affects people across the board.
Interesting you say that tax cuts only helps middle and high income earners. No, it helps everyone who pays tax. Clearly those who pay the most tax will be happiest with a cut. But let's go back to middle earners; as an example, say you have a married couple, one a teacher, the other a nurse, and they have a couple of kids. They most likely bringing home about £70k a year between them. Sounds a lot but after the mortgage (or rent), bills, food has been paid they probably aren't left with a huge amount. They'll struggle with the price hikes. Are we saying that they shouldn't benefit from a tax cut because they're middle income earners?
Unfortunately, there is no 'one-size-fits-all' magic fix for this shit show and it's going get much worse before it gets better. As I said above, a point which I think you missed, tax cuts are a start. I guess I should have made it clearer by saying tax cuts are only a start and more needs to be done. Tax cuts are also a good start and, to my simple mind, probably the cheapest way of starting the ball rolling. Cutting tax doesn't mean money flowing out of the Treasury, it just means less going in so there's no outlay.
As a final point, whilst it's all too easy to bash the government for not doing enough, don't forget what happened during covid. There are hundreds of businesses and (probably) millions of people that still have jobs thanks to the furlough scheme. Where did that money come from? Oh yes, that'll be the Treasury, where we pay our taxes into. Any help that this government provides to help those on lower incomes cope over the winter is going come from the public purse i.e. our friend the Treasury again. Once things return to normal, if they ever do, that money is going have to be paid back. How is that going to happen? Oh yes, that'll be raising taxes. Will you object that a 1 or 2% hike in income tax is unfair because it only hits those that pay the most tax the hardest? Somehow, I think not. You can't have it all ways.
As last time, my points have gone right over your head.As I said the people who are in favour of a tax cut are those on middle to higher earners, people on the minimum wage don't pay much tax and wont benefit much from a tax cut, and will struggle more than those on higher income to make ends meet. to me an income of £70000 is a lot of money and I don't understand why anyone should think someone on £70000 would need more financial help than someone on £20000