So that abu can get his preferred Reform government I suspect. Who absolutely won't lie.
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That’s not how it worksDo you have kids? Gift them the house now. God forbid you ever become disabled, but if you do, you will receive benefits then.
Why would you not get benefits if you lost your job?
mosssideblue
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What isn’t?That’s not how it works
abu13
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Haha, Reform are far from the answer. Farage us a ****.So that abu can get his preferred Reform government I suspect. Who absolutely won't lie.
Been a labour supporter all my adult life but i dont recognise this current party.
Even if they think Reeves was "economical with the truth", can the Tories explain why they and the RW / billionaire media think she should resign but weren't bothered about Johnson's lies and misleading Parliament (not least over lying to the Queen over prorogation)?
mosssideblue
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Because that was different, obviouslyEven if they think Reeves was "economical with the truth", can the Tories explain why they and the RW / billionaire media think she should resign but weren't bothered about Johnson's lies and misleading Parliament (not least over lying to the Queen over prorogation)?
So you both excuse the new government of doing similar? Because of what the one before did?Because that was different, obviously
I'm no Tory, and I expected better of this Government. Much better.
Maybe I was simply naive.
You cannot just gift the house to the kidsWhat isn’t?
mosssideblue
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Really! Didn’t think my post needed a smileySo you both excuse the new government of doing similar? Because of what the one before did?
I'm no Tory, and I expected better of this Government. Much better.
Maybe I was simply naive.
mosssideblue
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Can you not put it into a trust?You cannot just gift the house to the kids
Pingu the Penguin
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savings presumablyDo you have kids? Gift them the house now. God forbid you ever become disabled, but if you do, you will receive benefits then.
Why would you not get benefits if you lost your job?
Pingu the Penguin
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They didn’t leak anything. Some staffer uploaded the report to a webpage early, as you would normally do. It would be properly linked to on site after launch. Sillily tho the URL had the same text as their last one, but with the the month of publication changed to November. Some journo worked it out and found it. Lesson learned for them to generate random URLs for documentsI think that’s a strange take, and unfair on the OBR.
It’s debatable whether they deliberately leaked the Budget documents on the morning of Reeves’ speech. It was a pretty tasty way to get one over Reeves if it was done deliberately, but I don’t think it was. The head of the OBR is an experienced, senior former Treasury official and I don’t think he would have sanctioned it given that it would be the end of his career if it were proven that he had done so deliberately. More likely that an inexperienced staff member, not used to dealing with time and market sensitive material, made a mistake.
Other than the early release of the documents on Budget day, I can’t see why they’d be open to criticism, given that they were only doing their jobs in the usual manner.
The problems sit entirely with the behaviour of the Chancellor, the prime minister and other officials within the Treasury. First leaking even the fine detail of the OBR’s annual supply-side appraisal to the press, and then using this to provide a misleading and dishonest impression of the evolution of the OBR’s fiscal forecast overall.
If Reeves had acted honestly and with integrity, and indeed professionally, then none of this would have happened. But both she and Starmer chose to mislead people in order to provide cover for an increase in taxes that would be used to bribe their backbenchers. None of that was the OBR’s doing.
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Can any of you lefties help me out when my business goes bump in the next few weeks?
Where do I get the money the serial claimants get?
How do I survive?
What do I do next?
Where do I get the money the serial claimants get?
How do I survive?
What do I do next?
Can have as much savings as you want and still claim new JSA contributions based for 6 months, as long as you are looking for work and paid enough of the right type of NI contributions for the 2 tax years prior to the start of the calendar year in which you make the claim.savings presumably
I think both can fall under "intentional deprivation of assets"Can you not put it into a trust?
How come your business is in trouble?Can any of you lefties help me out when my business goes bump in the next few weeks?
Where do I get the money the serial claimants get?
How do I survive?
What do I do next?
mosssideblue
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I thought ( may be wrong, usually am :)), as long as you live a further 5 years after, then that’s ok?I think both can fall under "intentional deprivation of assets"
hilts
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Its about £90 a week now isnt it.I think both can fall under "intentional deprivation of assets"
I think there is something about 7 years, but I think that's a bit of a myth too, although I'm no expert either and stand to be corrected :-)I thought ( may be wrong, usually am :)), as long as you live a further 5 years after, then that’s ok?
I do understand why it pisses people off though. You work hard, you save and you do things "correctly" yet then possibly have it all taken away. Yet the other thing I do "get" is that if your assets aren't used then the bill ultimately falls on everyone else.
My mum was in care for the last 20 odd years of her life due to schizophrenia and then, in the final few years, dementia. Her assets weren't taken, so there seems to be a different rule for that although I think it was the schizophrenia and being sectioned rather than anything else.
Care costs? About a grand.Its about £90 a week now isnt it.