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All-round Budget thread

433 replies

longfingernails · 23/03/2011 10:25

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claig · 23/03/2011 13:23

I missed the stuff about alcohol, a subject dear to mythroat

JemimaMop · 23/03/2011 13:23

Another rise in personal allowance is very good for low earners.
Apprenticeships sounds as though it is good news for young people, also the help for first time buyers.

My skin is still crawling though.

meditrina · 23/03/2011 13:22

Tax allowance up to £8,105 for 2012.

foxinsocks · 23/03/2011 13:21

good news about personal allowance rises and not moving the threshold - does mean fewer will be pushed up into the 40% bracket by the move

foxinsocks · 23/03/2011 13:20

how did he say he was going to stop those offshore warehouses (like Amazon uses one in Jersey)?

meditrina · 23/03/2011 13:19

< new thread in "sleb twaddle" about Elizabeth Taylor >

He's announced closure of several tax loopholes (expecting to raise £1b).

claig · 23/03/2011 13:17

Hear! Hear! this is the Big Society at its best

meditrina · 23/03/2011 13:16

Pensions: has endorsed Hutton, going for universal pension in the longer term (mentioned tax simplification in same breath, so fits with NI/tax consultation?), appeared to be including MPs pensions in public sector pension reform.

foxinsocks · 23/03/2011 13:15

nick clegg does look bored and milliband has a grey patch on his head!

claig · 23/03/2011 13:15

Not sure I like the sound of the Green Investment Bank. But lots of good stuff about encouraging private enterprise.

PhillipeFlop · 23/03/2011 13:15

coinoperatedgirl - it's all just too too depressing.

foxinsocks · 23/03/2011 13:15

poor Liz Taylor has died

you couldn't just add NI to PAYE. NI works in such a different way with thresholds and all sorts and different percentages, they would have to totally simplify it. It won't happen for many many years.

lisajb3 · 23/03/2011 13:14

I'd rather keep my child benefit next year than gain the £45 tax benefit this year- I'm still going to end up worse off :-(

happiestblonde · 23/03/2011 13:14

Nick Clegg looks miserable

Is it weird that I would happily eat Osborne? He's gorgeous.

Shame about the green stuff.

meditrina · 23/03/2011 13:13

Yes, I think he has!

Green investment bank - hadn't heard about that before. The 40,000 new apprenticeships sounds good (if it's a "real" figure).

claig · 23/03/2011 13:12

'all talk and no trousers'
that's disappointing, so it's a continuation of Labour's policies?

JemimaMop · 23/03/2011 13:11

Even when he makes proposals that I fully agree with George Osborne still makes my skin crawl. Especially with Nick & Dave like a pair of nodding dogs behind him.

Although I think Danny Alexander may have nodded off.

meditrina · 23/03/2011 13:09

Tax and NI merger is definitely a long-term project. You can't just slap a 50% tax increase on pensioners! There's quite a lot that needs to be dealt with first.

foxinsocks · 23/03/2011 13:07

maybe more is still to come Grin

foxinsocks · 23/03/2011 13:06

there's just not much to it

it's all reviews (NI/PAYE and 50p rate) and all talk and no trousers

happiestblonde · 23/03/2011 13:06

Sorry I just think business taxes should be low to encourage the private sector...

(works for the Conservative party...)

coinoperatedgirl · 23/03/2011 13:04

What has happened to Mn I'm sure these threads used to garner more interest, have the Tory mouthpieces killed the politics section. You have to be some kind of tory bot happiestblonde.

molemesseskilledIpom · 23/03/2011 13:02

I'm glad he's extending the mortgage help, that's a weight off my mind as I still havent found work yet and it was getting the help in the first place that saved the house from repossession.

LargeGlassOfRedPlease · 23/03/2011 13:00

Oh yes Uni fees..ha ha.

amidaiwish · 23/03/2011 12:59

how do you work that out Rhian82? based on what? % of income?

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