The Labour Government

[Chippy_boy]

Surely that follows if the above are sorted?

It depends who's paying for them all being better off, doesn't it.

 

[hampshireblue]

Interesting list of people he wants to make life better for. Doctors, nurses, teachers, firefighters, apprentices and small business owners.

Missing? The vast majority of us.

What did you want, a personal mention?

 

[TinFoilHat]

The argument is sound it's all about the delivery.

Public transport. Rail re-nationalisation along with allowing councils to run a Burnham like bus policy is doable if done correctly.

NHS/Emergency services/Prisons etc could be harder. Robot Reeves possibly hands them over to BlackRock in some PFI branding bullshit. Which will cost us in the long term and speed up the country being run as a corporocracy.

 

[Chippy_boy]

What did you want, a personal mention?

Hahahaha. "Normal working people" would have been nice.

 

[remember arthur mann]

First thing Starmer needs to do, remove these political stooges the Tories have put into the BBC.

 

[johnny crossan]

Nobody from the press invitees asking him about the multiple stabbings, acid attacks and hundreds of arrests at the Notting Hill Carnival this weekend.

Notting Hill Carnival: Eight stabbed and 334 arrests

In two incidents the victims sustained slash wounds and one incident involved a corrosive substance.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[mosssideblue]

It depends who's paying for them all being better off, doesn't it.

I don’t think one particular section of society will foot the bill, so I do foresee a tax increase across the board and, as many have said, if services improve that would be positive.

As long as those using loopholes to avoid tax are chased down.

 

[remember arthur mann]

Lol, politics in the UK.

 

[Chippy_boy]

I don’t think one particular section of society will foot the bill, so I do foresee a tax increase across the board and, as many have said, if services improve that would be positive.

As long as those using loopholes to avoid tax are chased down.

I don't have an issue with better public services and everyone having to chip in a bit more to pay for them. My grave concern is that the government cannot run a piss up in a brewery and most of the extra money taken off people will be wasted for little or no discernable gain.

And I also fear that some people who are not expecting it, are going to be very significantly worse off. The inheritance tax limit is currently £325k, plus up to £175k more if you are leaving your house to your kids. And then double that if you are a surviving spouse, since the deceased spouse passes their £500k to the survivor.

I suspect they are going to mess with this significantly. And MANY people at end of life own a house worth more than £325k.

 

[Blue Maverick]

Nobody from the press invitees asking him about the multiple stabbings, acid attacks and hundreds of arrests at the Notting Hill Carnival this weekend.

Notting Hill Carnival: Eight stabbed and 334 arrests

In two incidents the victims sustained slash wounds and one incident involved a corrosive substance.

www.bbc.co.uk

Isn’t that normal for that thing though? Wouldn’t go within a 100 mile of it.