Am I the only one that thinks that the budget is good?!

I think it's a start. I'd like to see them go further. Only the Greens are really serious about taxing wealth rather than income from work, but this HAS to be the way forward. I say this as someone who is now paying VAT on school fees and will be hit by the mansion tax.

Perhaps I'm naive, but I've always assumed that if you're rich enough to do things like own £2m+ houses and pay to privately educate your kids, you thank your lucky stars and cast your vote in a way that benefits those who are struggling. I'm pretty outraged when I hear about people in my position voting in their own self interest when they are already so comfortable. Yet I know I will be biting my tongue at the school gates tomorrow, listening to wealthy parents moan about Labour. We're not so rich that we don't feel the impact of VAT on the fees etc - but I would vote for the redistribution of wealth and rebuilding of public services every single time.

We've earned every penny through hard work. No lottery win. Gifted nothing. No inheritance. No parental help. I was the first generation of my family to go to university. We are massive net contributors to the system and have been for years. I'm sure this sounds like a massive brag, but I'm laying it out to demonstrate that we tick every box that people on here point to when they try to defend their position on lower taxes.

In fact, all that's happened is we've been very lucky: our skills align with things the market values; we haven't been hit by illness or disability or anything else that has thrown us off track; we are just about old enough to have bought our first flat by squirrelling money away - something that became impossible only a few years later. We are bloody golden compared to younger generations coming through now. And when I think about what nurses and teachers and paramedics are doing at work, I can't really claim that what I do is "worth" more, however hard I've worked at it. So of course we should shoulder more. Please Labour - have the guts to tax the shit out of us - because the country is broken and it isn't fair.

Evertime i say what i think about it i get quoted and called something.

So i am now going to agree with you its WONDERFUL have more kids get more benefits.

1. i dont have to look after them i just had to payments.
2. when people have a lot of kids because you get more money the budget will change again, And there will be plenty of familys with plenty of kids to feed.

Are you feeling ok?? Where are these people having all these kids in order to deprive you of money. Are they taking over from the Syrians etc. coming in to take you jobs homes and money? Bogey men that do not exist. Inflame people to do things they should not do. I feel it was a good budget. I don’t benefit from it but i think it was balanced.

"Good"??!" It is absolutely crap. Nothing good about it. I am on the side that pays. Labour is buying votes with my money. It is socialism and even that is executed badly by this joke government! There is now 0 incentive for me to put in extra work. Why should I go for that promotion and earn more money? So I can pay for kid 3,4 and 5 of some random who will raise another generation of welfare consumers? If you think this is designed to "get kids out of poverty because they should not pay for their parents' mistakes/ life choices" you are deluded. What
should people plan to be financially responsible for?

This.

Yes, you are in the tiny minority. Even on here, the most left wing site possible.

I've never understood this sentiment.

OF COURSE children suffer from the circumstances of their parents. That is actually the nature of being a child. Having to live with the parents who may be abusive, or stupid, or demanding, or whatever it is the parents are.

All of us have to put up with our parents, their worldviews, their circumstances, their decisions, until we're old enough to escape from the fuckers.

How on Earth does anyone get round that?

They are only just starting going back in right direction.

I agree. It was so badly publicised as child benefit. Which was not affected at all and is for all children. So many misunderstood that including myself. But families need supported. I am very glad that the 2 child cap on universal credit is gone. It gives me back some faith in labour. I had and have lost faith in labour. This budget is going some way towards restoring it.

I haven't had chance to look at it properly but I am glad the two child cap on Universal Credit has gone. It feels immoral to have had such a draconian policy that cruelly punished children for the misfortune of either being born into poverty or their parents falling into poverty through circumstance. Even those people who really do believe anyone claiming UC with 3 children must be lazy/stupid/feckless and have 'chosen' a life of poverty etc, how can they justify punishing children for their parents decisions. Those children do not deserve to go hungry or cold anymore than any other child.

Those moaning it will encourage people to have more babies- I doubt it will have any significant impact- but let's not forget we have a declining population growth- that can cause serious economic and social problems (top heavy ageing population, fewer working age tax payers, fewer workers filling care vacancies), immigration can be a solution to this but as that's such contentious subject you would think people wouldn't moan so much about the possibility of a few more babies.

Lastly- it does irritate me when people mistake this "two child benifits cap" with "Child Benifit" - it says to me that people just can't be arsed to do their research/get their news from headlines, yes it is misleading the way it is refered to- but actually read about it and it is very clear it is/was a cap on Universal Credit for more than 2 children. There are people IN work who claim UC because of low wages, and being as UC replaced a variety of previous benefits I would imagine there are a whole range of reasons/circumstances a person might need to claim in.

This text is ridiculous and wrong.

It won’t help many WORKING class. It will help the non working. It doesn’t encourage ambition or reward those who work all hours to better themselves.

Children shouldn’t suffer from the circumstances of their parents. And it is ridiculous to think that people have children in order to benefit from benefits.

By 'working class' you do mean the not-working class, right?

People who actually work for a living have been shat on.

I I strongly disagree with removing the 2 child benefit cap. I will now be paying even more tax so irresponsible people can have more children than they can afford.

I absolutely agree with it. And with the 2 child benefit being lifted. I don’t benefit from this in any way apart from being 65 quite soon. I think it is best budget that could have come. I thought it was really telling that when Kemi badenoch was coming for her Rachel was literally upset and nearly crying. To me that makes her human. Unlike kemi who is just an attack dog.

I agree with every word of this.

The majority of people claiming UC are working !

Why does anyone need more than 2 children?
Why should taxpayers support extra children?

It's home grown people or immigrants, we can't afford both without raising taxes.

Which I support, as a taxpayer.

As a mum of 3 I do to. I think its a really awful decision and will encourage some people to continue having kids they can't afford.

I don't think it's too bad. I'll be impacted very slightly by the national insurance on pension but I will probably gain as the pay scales in my organisation usually increase when NMW does.
A £2 million house is something I could only dream of, it's the same for all of my friends and family, so I struggle to have any empathy for them. People in those houses won't need to move, it will just lower the inheritance they leave behind for people who didn't earn it.

Utter nonsense and highly prejudiced.

I’m content with the budget.
The two child cap made me feel sick, I’m so glad it has gone.

Why should children be punished for their parents decesions

Yes the evidence of this i know in person.