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Budget rumours

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longfingernails · 20/06/2010 00:26

This seems to be the most informed article yet

blogs.notw.co.uk/politics/2010/06/george-osborne-is-sharpening-his-axe-for-a-30---billion-assault-on -public-sector-wages-pensions-and-benefits-this-weekthe.html

It doesn't seem as drastic as I was expecting, if it is true.

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Chil1234 · 20/06/2010 08:39

"I reckon there should be a tax on junk food"

This one usually gets dismissed, partly because it's seen as a 'tax on the poor', and partly because it's very difficult to define 'junk'.

sarah293 · 20/06/2010 08:33

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Chil1234 · 20/06/2010 08:32

According to the office of National Statistics the average national gross household income in the UK was around £35,000 in 2009.

spacedog · 20/06/2010 08:30

Heard Nick say on GMTV last week that CB won't be means tested

sarah293 · 20/06/2010 08:17

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1Littleboy1Bigboy · 20/06/2010 08:14

I dont think 30K is high for a family - individuals then yes it is a good wage, but not for a family to live off.

Blackduck · 20/06/2010 08:08

who knows - have seen both 30 and 40 banded about for child tax credits....

1Littleboy1Bigboy · 20/06/2010 08:06

what do they class as that though? 30K, 50K 100K???

am very worried....

Blackduck · 20/06/2010 08:01

Talking of cutting Cb for high income earners...

1Littleboy1Bigboy · 20/06/2010 07:59

are they stopping child benefit?

LeninGoooaaall · 20/06/2010 07:22

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sarah293 · 20/06/2010 07:19

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Chil1234 · 20/06/2010 07:11

The prediction in the article, if true, is definitely drastic but the pain seems to be evenly spread. VAT rises, tax loopholes, closed, personal allowances up, benefits for the wealthy scrapped... no single group taking the 'big hit' in other words. There has been a few weeks now of serious downplaying of expectations, deliberately letting the rumour-mills run unchecked, and it was always on the cards that the truth wouldn't quite match the lurid horrors of our own imaginations.

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