The difference with doctors is that a huge number of newly qualified doctors immediately emigrate to Canada and Australia due to the better pay and conditions in those countries. Addressing this can only help the NHS and consequently the general public. Other public workers aren’t as sought after in other countries so the same pressures don’t apply to give them large pay rises.There, edited for you
Yes. I don't think you needed to be an economist, fortune teller or have a direct line to the chancellor to realise the country is fucked.
I think most of us realised that starmers promise of 'change' was bollocks unless he raised taxes, but the tax burden is already huge
I think it costs around £250k to train a doctor so maybe they should have to pay that back by working in the NHS for at least 5 years?The difference with doctors is that a huge number of newly qualified doctors immediately emigrate to Canada and Australia due to the better pay and conditions in those countries. Addressing this can only help the NHS and consequently the general public. Other public workers aren’t as sought after in other countries so the same pressures don’t apply to give them large pay rises.
IFS guy disagrees with you saying there were unknownsI don’t believe anything was covered up…the shadow chancellor would have been in the know.
I think this is just a sideshow whilst Labour moans about having to raise taxes to fill a £20Billion void on one side whilst dishing out loads of cash to all and sundry on the other…..I expect the tax payer will have to foot the bill as usual despite already having the highest tax burden in half a century..
Exactly this. Labour and Reeves are about as transparent as a sheet of Perspex.I don’t believe anything was covered up…the shadow chancellor would have been in the know.
I think this is just a sideshow whilst Labour moans about having to raise taxes to fill a £20Billion void on one side whilst dishing out loads of cash to all and sundry on the other…..I expect the tax payer will have to foot the bill as usual despite already having the highest tax burden in half a century..
Another one crying , lolExactly this. Labour and Reeves are about as transparent as a sheet of Perspex.
And the sheep fall for it every time. Baaaaa!
Same for me. Five years payback on a sliding scale.I think it costs around £250k to train a doctor so maybe they should have to pay that back by working in the NHS for at least 5 years?
When a former employer of mine paid for an MBA I had to commit to them for a number of years post study…
They would have had a general idea without knowing details I would have thought….IFS guy disagrees with you saying there were unknowns
Exactly this. Labour and Reeves are about as transparent as a sheet of Perspex.
And the sheep fall for it every time. Baaaaa!
They would have had a general idea without knowing details I would have thought….
It is not a question of whether most relatively intelligent people even casually keeping abreast of goings on will have known that the nation’s finances are in turmoil.Yes. I don't think you needed to be an economist, fortune teller or have a direct line to the chancellor to realise the country is fucked.
I think most of us realised that starmers promise of 'change' was bollocks unless he raised taxes, but the tax burden is already huge
The winter fuel allowance has gone then. Unless you are on benefits of course.
Reeves is Margret Thatcher in disguise.
I think this govt deserves a chance after the disaster of the last lot but I’m struggling to see how you bridge a £20Billion fiscal hole and pay junior Dr’s +22% salary plus x associated costs for pensions, without raising ‘working peoples’ level of taxation….
Genuinely hope they have a plan, because a lot of the things in the media such as increasing CGT, reducing pension contributions will be painful for many.
There are many, many people like myself who don’t really need the winter fuel allowance; I usually gift to a homeless charity.The winter fuel allowance has gone then. Unless you are on benefits of course.
Reeves is Margret Thatcher in disguise.
She is going to make it easier for people to apply for pension credit , thousands are entitled to it but havent claimed it , martin lewis talks about it all the time , if they can get that done they will get the winter fuel allowance , at least post the details even if it pains youThe winter fuel allowance has gone then. Unless you are on benefits of course.
Reeves is Margret Thatcher in disguise.
The pandemic also saw the very rich get richer as well. We're headed back to Dickensian times in terms of the distribution of wealth.It's not high enough on those with the broadest shoulders. They need to pay their fair share after making away with the cash during the austerity years.
But, as is so often the case, the Tories will convince their constituencies it is by saying “when you become rich, do you want to pay this”?Around 1% of taxpayers will pay CGT in a tax year. Even over a ten year period, that only rises a couple of percent.
It's not really a 'working people' tax.