The Labour Government

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

The first vote should not have been a simple majority. Something as important should have had to reach 60 or 70 per cent in favour of a change. Anything less and it's the status quo!

No. Something as important should have been left to government to resolve in the first place

 

[west didsblue]

The first vote should not have been a simple majority. Something as important should have had to reach 60 or 70 per cent in favour of a change. Anything less and it's the status quo!

Go with Francis Rossi’s opinion?
Seems like a plan.

 

[hampshireblue]

My in-laws are pretty well off. Both retired in their early 50s, because they had generous pensions. They don't need the winter fuel allowance. They've even tried to have their's cancelled, out of guilt, in the past. In fact there's an awful lot of well-off baby boomers who don't need that money, and a lot of younger people, who are far worse off, who do need it. The same younger people who probably aren't going to be able to retire until their 70. It's right that the fuel payment is means tested. The important thing is making sure that older people, who need the benefit, are able and encouraged to apply for it.

Get them to donate to a decent charity and make sure they "gift aid" it. That adds another 20-40% to their contribution.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Go with Francis Rossi’s opinion?
Seems like a plan.

Well, as Zab was a big fan i might just!

 

[Chippy_boy]

99% of politicians are cunts……end of

Agreed.

I said in a previous post that I think ALL governments are incompetent at running anything (which incidentally is why I am a Tory, because shit though they are, they want to run less things than Labour do).

Then today, I read this:

"Woeful budgeting" has resulted in the Home Office spending on average 23 times more per year than it had allocated on asylum seekers, a watchdog has claimed."

"The department has set £110m aside for "asylum operations" for the past three years but a new report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said the actual spend had averaged £2.6bn a year in that time."

"When it is happening year after year, something is going wrong with the budgeting process."

Seriously??? Out by a factor if 23x year after year? I mean if you have a budget of £10 and you end up spending £11 or £12 then fair enough. But a budget of £10 and you end up spending £230??? And then you do the same again, and again and again.

This is beyond incompetent. But not remotely surprising.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

No. Something as important should have been left to government to resolve in the first place

Governments are stuffed with vested interests - donors, spads, assorted gobshites - and they appear to have little interest in the prosperity of the people as a whole.

 

[KS55]

I notice now there is a row about the staffing of key posts in the No.10 unit. Plus ca change.

 

[TinFoilHat]

Are they trying the same dead cat strategy as the Tories.

No one's happy were rebranding austerity so put out a story saying we're banning smoking in beer gardens and outside stadiums to get the gammons roasting.

 

[hammocity]

We manage the money for her so luckily her investments have grown but changing them

Maybe worth talking to your parents about getting rid of some before October

Only £3k per year can be gifted to other people to avoid inheritance tax if someone dies within 7 years. Eg, Mrs Smith gives her daughter £20k in 2024 then pops her clogs in 2025, 17k of the gift would form part of her estate.

Of course there's ways around it such as trust funds but technically this is UK law.

If someone deliberately gives a house away and moves into care at any stage in the future without paying for it the 7 year rule doesn't apply, it can be any number of years.

 

[bluethrunthru]

Y'know when the Tories say the £22bn black hole claim is a lie ......

Home Office criticised for billions of asylum overspending

The Home Office is criticised for submitting spending estimates on asylum it "knows to be insufficient".

www.bbc.co.uk