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To find Rachel Reeves an irritating pain in the neck

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Viviennemary · 26/03/2025 13:05

Just been listening to this Spring Statement. What a load of total waffle. About how great things are going to be. Absolute and utter nonsense.

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taxguru · 26/03/2025 15:57

AzurePanda · 26/03/2025 15:35

@friendlycat Agreed, it’s particularly appalling for businesses like Hairdressing and yes, a complete and utter disaster for hospitality.

It’s so upsetting seeing the number of small businesses going under at the moment, particularly in rural areas where they provide much needed employment.

Yep, being attacked form all sides. First supermarkets and internet shopping killing small shops (not helped by council stupid car park charges etc). Then comes Covid and the lockdowns where far too many small businesses got nowhere near the support they needed (if anything at all). Then comes RR with her NIC hikes and excessively restrictive employment rights. Small businesses havn't a hope in hell's chance. I really don't understand why successive governments clearly absolutely hate self employment and small businesses. They're clearly in the pockets of big business.

IKnowAristotle · 26/03/2025 15:55

I too hate women, I mean Rachel Reeves.

mushroomshroom · 26/03/2025 15:53

True

BurntBroccoli · 26/03/2025 15:52

mushroomshroom · 26/03/2025 15:49

The benefits bill is a tough one. Personally l would have got rid of the triple lock first if it was me. Waaaay too expensive and indulgent to continue.

Same but they don't have the stomach for it.

Now they are that unpopular they may as well go for it! Nowt to lose!

BurntBroccoli · 26/03/2025 15:50

AdaStewart · 26/03/2025 15:24

This big old common bird looks awkward. God knows where they got her from.

Starmer reminds me of Steve Pemberton, the creepy one from Royston Vasey.

What?!!

mushroomshroom · 26/03/2025 15:49

The benefits bill is a tough one. Personally l would have got rid of the triple lock first if it was me. Waaaay too expensive and indulgent to continue.

Same but they don't have the stomach for it.

WhatFreshHellisThese · 26/03/2025 15:48

friendlycat · 26/03/2025 15:31

I don't think people understand just how much the new NI rules are going to cost companies.

So take Wetherspoons for instance. It is going to cost them an additional
£1.2 million PER WEEK. Yes per week.

Whilst many will say Wetherspoons is a bad example to give, it does demonstrate just how much it is going to cost an employer who employs a significant amount of people.

Multiply this up and down the country with other employers who also employ a fair number of staff and it's not difficult to recognise that something has to give.

What gives is expansion, staff - i.e. reduce headcount, no wage increases plus higher costs for the end consumer.

At least they are paying their employees l suppose. They declined to do that during the pandemic

The benefits bill is a tough one. Personally l would have got rid of the triple lock first if it was me. Waaaay too expensive and indulgent to continue.

Geetf · 26/03/2025 15:42

LizzieSiddal · 26/03/2025 15:38

Oh yes they left the country in such a great state <sarcasm>. The country is a shit hole due to 14 years of Tory mismanagement.

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Fasting growing economy in the G7, inflation back at target.

Bringmeahigherlove · 26/03/2025 15:41

Annajones101 · 26/03/2025 13:14

‘Rachel from accounts’ who has crashed the economy, and had previously been accused of plagiarising other people’s work, bunking off work and being investigated for it, and fiddling expenses when working for a bank. What a record!

I hate this term, it’s so sexist. Like a woman doesn’t have the credentials to do it. She has a PPE degree from Oxford and a Masters in Economics. Previous male Chancellors with a similar educational background never received such a demeaning nickname.

Shakeoffyourchains · 26/03/2025 15:38

Weird so many Tories suddenly care about the economy, NHS, business, education, etc now their lot aren't smashing them into the ground.

If only they'd held them to the same standards they hold everyone else too we might not be in the mess we're in 🤷‍♀️

LizzieSiddal · 26/03/2025 15:38

Geetf · 26/03/2025 15:33

I much preferred their economic policy to what's happening now

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Oh yes they left the country in such a great state <sarcasm>. The country is a shit hole due to 14 years of Tory mismanagement.

MummyPop00 · 26/03/2025 15:36

She’s lucky she’s only being called ‘Rachel from Accounts’ by most because I’ve been calling her a lot worse than that.

Middleagedstriker · 26/03/2025 15:36

Geetf · 26/03/2025 13:12

I miss having Boris as PM and Rishi as chancellor

😂

AzurePanda · 26/03/2025 15:35

@friendlycat Agreed, it’s particularly appalling for businesses like Hairdressing and yes, a complete and utter disaster for hospitality.

It’s so upsetting seeing the number of small businesses going under at the moment, particularly in rural areas where they provide much needed employment.

ilovesooty · 26/03/2025 15:34

AdaStewart · 26/03/2025 15:24

This big old common bird looks awkward. God knows where they got her from.

Starmer reminds me of Steve Pemberton, the creepy one from Royston Vasey.

big old common bird? 🙄

Geetf · 26/03/2025 15:33

LizzieSiddal · 26/03/2025 15:32

🤣🤣🤣

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I much preferred their economic policy to what's happening now

LizzieSiddal · 26/03/2025 15:32

Geetf · 26/03/2025 13:12

I miss having Boris as PM and Rishi as chancellor

🤣🤣🤣

friendlycat · 26/03/2025 15:31

I don't think people understand just how much the new NI rules are going to cost companies.

So take Wetherspoons for instance. It is going to cost them an additional
£1.2 million PER WEEK. Yes per week.

Whilst many will say Wetherspoons is a bad example to give, it does demonstrate just how much it is going to cost an employer who employs a significant amount of people.

Multiply this up and down the country with other employers who also employ a fair number of staff and it's not difficult to recognise that something has to give.

What gives is expansion, staff - i.e. reduce headcount, no wage increases plus higher costs for the end consumer.

Fluffyholeysocks · 26/03/2025 15:31

I really hope she has some good advisors working alongside her as we desperately need experienced people running the treasury. I don't dislike her but I don't think she's experienced enough to be Chancellor. When I think of Chancellors of the past, I think of Nigel Lawson, Geoffrey Howe or Winston Churchill and she seems a bit lightweight. It's great being the first female but I hope she's up to job. I don't see much evidence of the growth in the economy we need.

mushroomshroom · 26/03/2025 15:28

the benefits system absolutely has to be changed and I think it was a mistake to make such a promise not to increase taxes

Income tax particularly for higher earners is high and that's before you look at the cliff edges or the frozen tax bands.

HRTQueen · 26/03/2025 15:26

I agree FiveBarGate

the benefits system absolutely has to be changed and I think it was a mistake to make such a promise not to increase taxes

cardibach · 26/03/2025 15:25

Geetf · 26/03/2025 14:57

He HAD to keep the economy afloat somehow? All the "scientists" were advocating for more and more and more lockdown. It was the mistake of Boris of listening to them.

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And why didn’t our economy recover after the pandemic, as other countries with similar lockdown provision did?

luckylavender · 26/03/2025 15:25

Geetf · 26/03/2025 13:12

I miss having Boris as PM and Rishi as chancellor

Oh dear

cardibach · 26/03/2025 15:24

strawlight · 26/03/2025 15:00

Well, you’d be wrong about that. And it’s £4k a term for day kids, with excellent SEN provision. Dozens of local kids who don’t fit mainstream schools go there instead.

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Dozens. And how many people in the constituency?

AdaStewart · 26/03/2025 15:24

This big old common bird looks awkward. God knows where they got her from.

Starmer reminds me of Steve Pemberton, the creepy one from Royston Vasey.