The Labour Government

[mackenzie]

I mean your immediate response to the poster who first raised this possibility was to accuse them of shit stirring so glass houses and all that.

As for your previous post there is not much to add to Mackenzie's reply except that it not just unfair in terms of affordability. Single occupancy households are less of a strain on services than multi occupancy so why should they pay the same anyway.

If you are so keen on taking money off people who don't need it why aren't you advocating for wealth taxes?

If they are looking to raise money through fiddling around with CT, then they need to come up with a system that is much fairer than what is being rumoured.
And some of us are old enough to remember how it went for Thatcher and the Poll Tax.
What that might be I don't know, and I'm willing to do my bit, but only when it's fair.

 

[maxwellblue]

No problem in scrapping the single occupancy if done fairly

Fairly, do you mean that say a single person living next door to a family of four who are all of working age should only pay 25% of what they do.

 

[Blue Maverick]

Fairly, do you mean that say a single person living next door to a family of four who are all of working age should only pay 25% of what they do.

Yep that’s always been my gripe, come to Oldham where you have 10 adults in a house next door to one and tell me that’s fair.

 

[Marriedtoablue]

Man charged with sexual assault ONE HOUR after being freed from jail

The 31-year-old repeat offender allegedly assaulted a female prison worker while he was being given a lift to a railway station.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Marriedtoablue]

At what age does taking personal responsibility end? Being proud won't keep you warm but they were perfectly fine having WFA it was still a benefit just in a different name. These people aren't babies. And anyone with dementia or other serious health issues should be getting claims done for them by care providers or family if they have them. The internet has been out for over 30 years being a luddite isn't an excuse anymore.

Valid points but working in the NHS I can tell you there are many many older people who I have seen admitted with no one.

No carers, no family, just elderly frail people struggling along everyday. Of course when they do come in they then get social services input but up to thst point there’s a lot of people not able to complete applications with no one to help.

 

[Vic]

Man charged with sexual assault ONE HOUR after being freed from jail

The 31-year-old repeat offender allegedly assaulted a female prison worker while he was being given a lift to a railway station.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Have none of the people released early under the Tories' early release scheme committed an offence?

 

[mosssideblue]

Fairly, do you mean that say a single person living next door to a family of four who are all of working age should only pay 25% of what they do.

It’s a house not personal tax

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

Winter fuel payment: We spend it on holidays, say some pensioners

Some pensioners say they don't need the extra cash of up to £300 - and want better means testing.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[KS55]

Yep that’s always been my gripe, come to Oldham where you have 10 adults in a house next door to one and tell me that’s fair.

That was the poll tax.

 

[hilts]

Have none of the people released early under the Tories' early release scheme committed an offence?

Don't know VicTory but if they had I'm sure it would have been mentioned. But this is now about the current govt. You can't seem to get your head around it, i mean it even says Labour Government in the thread title.

This could be a new low

Yeah but people got selxually assaulted under the Tories as well.