Absolutely rinsed in this budget - almost £1k a year worse off.

Here’s my suggestions, How about having some balls, rejoining at least the EEA , that should help by around 4% a year -start taxing every online company that does business here but doesn’t base here for tax purposes a 3% transaction tax , that would be your Amazons, eBay, Facebook, Google etc and many others - they won’t all stop doing business here- uk is one of the most lucrative online markets- in many other country’s you cannot getaway with trading , but not paying corporation tax equivalent-

I personally think the middle band for tax needs upping a fair bit £50k these days is not that high a salary

allow tax funded hours regardless of salary , when we lived in Denmark what you earned was irrelevant and the care was around £330 a month ( and that’s full time) I can easily see why people end up doing stuff like salary sacrifice etc and yep if in that position and paying a lot of tax I would feel resentful -

give insurance and pension companies huge tax breaks to build social housing for rent at social housing levels and also more shared ownership housing and not just flats - family sized houses too . Put in conditions for facilities as part of the contracts -

I would personally get rid of stamp duty and charge a low rate capital gain ( maybe 5%) on sale on the difference between purchase and sale, anyone who has already paid stamp duty can offset that against cost .

You said “Of course you're being squeezed, and you bloody well should be” squeezed, rinsed it’s all the same and again who are you to tell ANYONE they should be squeezed

Where did I say they should be rinsed? I said they should be squeezed, so that they have to make some decisions about where their money goes, IN THE SAME WAY thousands of others not as fortunate as them have had to do for several years. You have interpreted that as rinsed which is an entirely different thing. That's the second time you've told me I've said something I havent. By all means you can disagree with me but when youve told me twice ive said something I havent its a bit pointless. Can the majority of middle earners make different choices to be able to support the changes, I believe they can and Ops information given indicates that too. I have no interest in telling them where they can spend their money but there needs to be a reasonable approach.
This country, last time I checked, was a democracy so yes I am absolutely entitled to whatever opinion I like. Fun isn't it! It's the same entitlement that allows you to come on here and tell me my attitude is unbelievable... ironic too!
I'm in a very similar position to them, as stated before but you don't think it's my right to agree that the middle earners, of which I belong, should be squeezed more to balance our current economic issues.
There remains a set of people who have been able to do well in the economy for the last 10/15 years... I believe, and I'm entitled to, that they hold some accountability to support the economy in slower years.

No one said anyone should be rinsed!

Yes you could be right there.
But I still think they're living not beyond their means but almost to their limit which is why I asked the question about the outgoings before the budget

How about asking people to limit the size of their families if they need state subsidies to raise their children? I hear lots from campaigners saying we need ‘to lift children out of poverty’. Not once did I hear any of them discuss the fact that family planning should be a thing and that if you don’t have much, that maybe having more than one or two children isn’t a good idea. I grew up in poverty and was homeless as a teenager. I saw lots of fecklessness. It made me really dislike the idea that poor people are victims and have no agency in their lives.

How about asking people to limit the size of their families if they need state subsidies to raise their children? I hear lots from campaigners saying we need ‘to lift children out of poverty’. Not once did I hear any of them discuss the fact that family planning should be a thing and that if you don’t have much, that maybe having more than one or two children isn’t a good idea. I grew up in poverty and was homeless as a teenager. I saw lots of fecklessness. It made me really dislike the idea that poor people are victims and have no agency in their lives.

Indications are it’ll be self reported. But they do have 2 years to work it out.

It's really not.

Apparantly, servicing, Automatic Road caneras and MOTs. 🤷‍♀️

Taxes are high enough as it is. How is "a bit more" going to magically fix everything.

You lost me at private school

Demands more tax, not surprising but not sustainable.

Yep

Always easy when it someone else's money isn't it.

How much more should they pay? At what point do you say they can keep their own money? Is there a limit or number you have in mind?

What is the responsibilty of the people receiving the gift of benefits? Is there any responsibilty placed on them as to what they do with the gift of money?

Why do you think the country is struggling? How would you make the country more prosperous?

I think if you and your partner earn £70k a year each then I'm afraid it's not unreasonable to expect you to pay more. I think it's more important to ensure that children are brought out of poverty and people can feed their families to be honest. It might suck for you and I'm sure you work really hard, but you're clearly able to afford to send your kids to private school (as is your right) so maybe just suck it up for the sake of others. This country is struggling and there are people out there on the bread line, consider yourself lucky to have what you have.

Unfortunately that’s true but this government will be a one term only and out. Who comes next is anyone’s guess

Pretty sure it's the chancellor of the exchequer's right though

It is still not your right to say they should get rinsed. You may not like where their money goes to but you don’t get to say they deserve it. Unbelievable attitude

There's a lot to be said for getting out of the rat race, living somewhere that house prices are more affordable and being able to spend time with your kids before they're grumpy teenagers who hate their parents.

Well they state their financial position in the original post and it's a discussion forum so I think my post is valid. You also accused me of not caring as long as someone else is paying which was directly the opposite of what I said in both posts. I'm paying more now...and that's fine.
Yoy might consider my opinion ignorant, and your entitled to your opinion as I am to mine. I think its ignorant to live a lifestyle you have chosen and then be miffed when that's squeezed because there's no funds and the people in poverty who had really been feeling the weight of the COL crisis have carried far worse for a fair few years now. I have empathy enough, I'm not a nasty person IMO but there is GIVE in the vast vast majority of middle earners and we need it to even out.

We all knew Liz Truss was silly. That's why we had Rishi Sunak. I think had he stayed in and won in 2024 we'd be in a better position now.

I met a few people who'd start a business selling and buying vouchers...😕

The IP literally said in their opening post how much their finances have been impacted.

We didn’t get first time buyer stamp duty relief because we bought about 2 years too early, and we moved before Covid so no relief there either. So overall we’ve paid about £30k in stamp duty already over our lifetime

I think it sounds very much like they've moved a couple of times.