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Is neilh assuming what you are claiming he is Nelson? I read his posting as referring to consistency of argument (or possible lack of).
To say, as the article above does, that Osborne "will realise that he is going to be criticised by pensioners' groups" seems now to have been a bit of an understatement given yesterday's media coverage of this part of the budget. Wonder how many e-mails and letters all those south-west Tory and Lib Dem MPs are getting about this issue? This is from today's Telegraph. ...
Who's selling the cheapest fuel then at the moment? The MG or Sainsbury's just down the road?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2118499/Wanted-A-butler-Queen-Must-discreet-able-carry-breakfast-tray-Salary--15-000.html
I disagree with you a bit there Libby. The bit where you say "the poor tend to spend a higher proportion of their incomes" I would have said "the poor have no ******** option but to spend all of their income just on trying to survive let alone anything else!". Can anyone on here defend this government's budget when at the same time as giving money to the rich the government are taking it from ...
@Nelson - ah! so you spotted the flaw! p'raps they could try asking for a loan from a bank? ******! voluntary work. As far as I am concerned if people work then they should be paid for it - even if it is only at the lowest rate (which, given as how it seems public sector pay down here may be in for a hair cut, is probably what a lot of the work here will end up paying). Economies don't get ...
from The Guardian: "The surprise decision to scrap income tax breaks for the over-65s will leave Britain's pensioners worse off by more than £1bn a year by 2015. Citing the need to simplify pensions, Osborne also plans to save £5bn by freezing age-related allowances for half Britain's pensioners, affecting 5 million people by the end of the parliament. The Treasury stressed that no pensioner ...
Don't have a problem, in theory, with a compromise situation along the lines as suggested by Brazilnut. But why do they have to be public sector jobs? I thought the private sector was supposed to be the knight in shining armour bringing and creating a load of new jobs? Well, there you are somone, create a private sector company to do the jobs listed above and then employ people to do them! ...
Sorry, there weren't any. So, you could still be in line for a drop in income (because you'll no longer be getting the child tax credit) and/or the working tax credit if you can't find those extra hours that will bring you up to 24 per week if you are a couple with at least one child. Here's the info that I originally posted. Like I said, as far as I am aware, what is said in this link will ...
The proposals as per originally put forward (see my first posting on the Child Benefit Reforms thread) have now been altered in today's budget. The situation is now as follows: A family with an income of below £50,000 pa will get CB. A family that has an income of (or has one of the two earner's earning) £50,000 -£60,000pa will still get CB but it will be tapered off bit by bit the nearer the ...
