What is labour coming for next?

[MikeRafone]

I reckon after 12 years of dozen fuel duty that drivers will be next

what tax will the collect next to fill the black hole

How lovely. Well enjoy, let’s hope the grass isn’t greener etc.

@HappiestSleeping

So far, their activities appear to make complete sense and are not knee jerk, which is good to see.

Im not an OAP so the winter fuel allowance doesn't affect me. Canny move announcing it on the hottest week of the year. But my god if the Tories did it MN would be ablaze with fury.

Agreed, they have set a dangerous precedent here which won't end with just private fees. They know this will appeal to the numbers as a policy, but wait until the rot begins to spread.

Agree completely.

I have an alternative plan.
Rather than paying already rich people more, often more than they could reasonably need, how about paying the poorest more?

I would recommend that women do not go to Dubai. Women in the UAE have been jailed for reporting rape.

So I take it from that you are happy to pay more tax yourself? So am I, once those with more money than me are taxed at the same kind of rate that I am in terms of total wealth.

It’s not landlord bashing. It’s just the state of the current situation. I’m saying renters pay less council tax so more renters can afford to rent rather than needing council help, and a rent cap by area to keep it that way.

And the UK allowed young white girls to be repeatedly raped by Asian gangs due to institutional racism. There are lots of examples of black/Asian women being let down in the UK too by the UK legal system. Dubai has significant issues, but the UK is no Nirvana.

I hope people are punished like buggery for voting in this lot.

They should tax second home owners hugely. Especially those that then rent them to family members who claim Universal credit to pay the rent.

Its amazing how often "creating wealth" seems to involve taking money from people who have little and giving it to those who have more than they need.

I think inheritance tax. Remove extra nil rate residence band for homeowners and leave allowance at £325k so more people are sucked in.

I think a heist on pension funds (Gordon Brown style) because so few people notice it until it’s too late and they will be out of power by then.

I think redoing the Barnett formula to make it more fair to other areas eg Wales, Northern Ireland. It will be called a redistribution.

as there will now be tax on private schools, tutors, dance lessons, and extra curricular lessons will also attract Vat.

True, but on the other hand, my mum has an income into the higher tax bracket with her various pensions and investments. She doesn't need a fuel allowance. Neither do many like her.

Tax on booze, tobacco, vapes, huge cars, UP foods, frequent flights would be good.

They need to get a grip on law and order as the main priority. Make some improvement on the economy as the other. Otherwise they'll be hauled out in 5 years. Country is broken - Starmer got less votes than Corbyn and there was never huge enthusiasm for him. The Tories got punished for wrecking the country.

Can we be sure to add a significant tax on private jets and helicopters to the list.

I do think that there is absolutely no way they didn’t know about the holes in the economy and the shortfall seemed to rise by several billion from the original figures the audit produced. I think they were massaged to a worse case scenario.

the Labour team are either incompetent in not anticipating the funding gaps, or are being deceitful.

i do not think they are incompetent. However, they are politicians.

i think they are the best of a currently very bad lot, but it makes me so cross that they think we are that thick!

God I totally read this as “I hope people are punished with buggery for voting in this lot”.

I thought “that’s a bit medieval!”

I'm in a high council tax band, all the buildings on our street are high and the council refuse to change it. Flats aren't that big as there's a lot of unusable space, think books and crannies as it's an old building.

If the government do that it'll hit new buyers as much as anyone else.

What was the alternative though? The Conservatives have buggered the UK way more than this lot could ever do. Ultimately, they damaged the economy for decades to come so whoever got it, it would be challenging for us mere mortals.

Give it time. Once all the countryside in the south is under concrete and the north south divide widened there'll be some noise.

Why do you think that, do you think Jezza handed over the books in advance, he probably had two sets 😁

Haha more the sort of thing Boris would have brought in.

More than one flight a year 🤣
It would be extortionate in admin costs, for a start.
There's also the problem that "don't tax us for our one holiday we made sacrifices for" forgets that there are plenty of families who could never afford even one flight a year. A bit like the tax on private school fees - a sacrifice for some, absolutely impossible for others.