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Budget Wednesday 18th March 2015

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    koantemplationkoantemplation Posts: 101,293
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    ShaunIOW wrote: »
    Only going after £5bn of tax lost through avoidence/evasion? What about the other £30bn?

    The people who owe the £5 billion are probably not Tory Donors.
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    Ethel_FredEthel_Fred Posts: 34,127
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    Annsyre wrote: »
    Plan B bites the dust.

    The one Osborne has followed since he really buggered up the economy with his unthinking cuts
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    koantemplationkoantemplation Posts: 101,293
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    heiker wrote: »
    Interesting to watch Balls.

    Oooerr. You like watching Balls. ;)
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    Tall PaulTall Paul Posts: 8,786
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    Done some twitter searching and actually I've seen some negative tweets in regard to this budget.
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    ShaunIOWShaunIOW Posts: 11,328
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    Annsyre wrote: »
    My heating bills are down, council tax unchanged food and petrol down.

    Over what time frame? in the last few months mine have dropped a bit, but they're still a lot higher than they were 5 years ago (my income is also too low to have gained anything from the personal allowance increase).
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    apaulapaul Posts: 9,846
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    Once more into the breach of promises,
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    TankyTanky Posts: 3,647
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    A whole load of borrowing forecasts-
    This year borrowing is set to fall to £90.2bn; a billion lower than expected at the Autumn Statement. It falls again in 2015-16 to £75.3 billion; then £39.4bn the year after that, before falling to £12.8bn - in total that's £5bn less borrowing than we forecast just three months ago

    I wonder how far off he'll be, cause Osborne has never meet any. I seriously doubt he'll be able to reduce borrowing to £75.3bn by 2016. Plus he's going to reduce it by nearly half the following year? Do people seriously think what he states is the truth with such figures?
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    IJoinedInMayIJoinedInMay Posts: 26,323
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    "Northern powerhouse"

    Hooray!
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    welwynrosewelwynrose Posts: 33,666
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    Tall Paul wrote: »
    Done some twitter searching and actually I've seen some negative tweets in regard to this budget.


    you'll always see negative tweets about a budget
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    ecco66ecco66 Posts: 16,117
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    Ethel_Fred wrote: »
    HOUSE - I win budget bingo - he's said them all, hard working people, fixing the roof and the clincher we are all in this together.
    Have you been playing with yourself, Ethel?;-):D
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    RichievillaRichievilla Posts: 6,179
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    ShaunIOW wrote: »
    I do as well, but the chart I found with a quick search only went back to 1991.

    The DWP benefit expenditure tables show that the Tories tend to spend a huge amount more per year on "Unemployment Benefits" than Labour.
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    heikerheiker Posts: 7,029
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    Tall Paul wrote: »
    Done some twitter searching and actually I've seen some negative tweets in regard to this budget.

    Been scraping the bottom of the Twitter barrel, have we :p
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    TankyTanky Posts: 3,647
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    Hooray!

    Apart from Osborne's "Northern Powerhouse", only extends to Manchester. What about the rest of the North of England?

    There isn't a state line that stop at Manchester you know.
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    ecco66ecco66 Posts: 16,117
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    heiker wrote: »
    Been scraping the bottom of the Twitter barrel, have we :p
    Ah you have just got to love all those Unite tweets!
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    MattNMattN Posts: 2,534
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    Osborne has politically destroyed Labour here, that's all that matters pre election rather than the content
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    Ethel_FredEthel_Fred Posts: 34,127
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    Osborne is more interested in political jibes than the nation - otherwise why announce he is going to look at deeds of variation - which are used by many, including Tories

    And could someone tell me when Osborne will get around to the debt Osborne incurred
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    LostFoolLostFool Posts: 90,662
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    Tall Paul wrote: »
    Done some twitter searching and actually I've seen some negative tweets in regard to this budget.

    Wow. Twitter featuring negative comments?! I'm flabbergasted.
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    TheTruth1983TheTruth1983 Posts: 13,462
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    I'm about £15k better off in 2015 than in 2010 when I was unemployed and miserable. This government haven't done too badly.
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    welwynrosewelwynrose Posts: 33,666
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    Yay Higher rate tax allowance rising
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    sangrealsangreal Posts: 20,901
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    "We've taken more than 4 million people out of paying any income tax at all".
    Admitting there that there's more than 4 million people working for less than 11k/yr.
    That is definitely not something to be proud of...
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    andallthatjazzandallthatjazz Posts: 6,413
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    George Osbourne is awesome!
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    MattXfactorMattXfactor Posts: 3,223
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    This budget could swing a small % of votes to the Tory's imo
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    welwynrosewelwynrose Posts: 33,666
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    sangreal wrote: »
    "We've taken more than 4 million people out of paying any income tax at all".
    Admitting there that there's more than 4 million people working for less than 11k/yr.
    That is definitely not something to be proud of...

    a lot of them will be part timers
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    andersonsonsonandersonsonson Posts: 6,454
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    In Osbourne I trust
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