So Rachel Reeves has solved it all

[MrsRobinsonsHandprints]

Apparently, according to her, all funded, all recovered and public service funding all solved

'all done now' promised not to 'come back again' as everything is fully costed.

Problem is we know we can't trust them.

@friendlycat

"We would need vast charging points everywhere. Where are these going to be built?"

It's not just the charging points. The power cable to your house is designed to cope with ordinary household demand, if large numbers of people install EV charge points at home then the whole local grid infrastructure needs upgrading. Similarly if you install EV charge points at hubs then you also need to upgrade the grid.
And if you install EV charge points next to renewable generation then you can't charge your car when it isn't windy or sunny.

It is all just ill thought through political soundbites that don't actually work in the real world.

We are probably buying a nearly new ev and they are substantially below new price. They are offloading 24 reg cars to beat the fines. We can charge at home and we have other cars. However there’s clearly an infrastructure issue and this is our “local” car.

@TizerorFizz

"We are probably buying a nearly new ev and they are substantially below new price"

Which is why car manufacturers are not making much money in EV car sales and why the Vauxhall plant is closing.

I meant to add: it’s extremely difficult for businesses to spend money when they are paying a lot more in tax. We haven’t incentives buying EU made cars or British made ones. This government is cavalier with jobs. Only nhs jobs matter and obviously car workers don’t. It’s going to have to move very quickly to improve the infrastructure for charging before 2030!

I can’t believe the way grown adults in charge of the country act in there. It’s like a really shit rap battle

@1dayatatime Yes. I’m aware of the economics. I’m not buying a van but fining companies for not selling enough is ludicrous. The prices are seriously undercut by cheap imports and I understand why people might want them. However poor infrastructure coupled with uncertainty over range and charging are nit helping. If you don’t have home charging it’s not much cheaper to run and the decent cars cost more to buy!

Call me cynical but can’t see wage increases NI increases doing much for growth

I don't entirely disagree, but it speaks volumes that even accepting what you say in it's entirety still puts her a league ahead of the previous bunch of crooks.

They got to the point where they didnt even try to pretend to not be a bunch of corrupt swindlers... Michelle Mone doing one with £200m of tax payers money? Meh, no fucks given.

Or, if you're a tory prime minister you can get the supply uograded to service your heated pool as well...

Thanks to the tories, its not even a doctor... More likely to be a PA, paramedic or Nurse Practitioner

Give them a bit of leeway.... Theres an awfully long list of tory fuckups to put right.

The policy you refer to is the zero emissions vehicle mandate, introduced and psuhed through by Sunak himself.

We also know Sunak pushed it out to 2035. Like everything else, there are good points and bad. A new government can tweak legislation if there’s a problem. Fining companies is a problem.

There was backlash about this wasn't there? Including from Labour

@EasternStandard Yes. There was. However it could be the pragmatic date as sales have stalled and motor companies are looking at redundancies. Plus it gives a bit more time to build charging infrastructure.

It made sense to push it out but I remember majority mn and Labour saying it was bad

Labour haven't reversed that extra five years I don't think? But they sure did kick up a fuss at the time

In the end, a lot of what Labour have said they are going to do, just won’t happen. Same applies to all the landlord stuff - as it just increases rents and leads to less properties available to rent, it backfires tremendously. Landlord aren’t going to spend thousands upgrading properties without passing the cost straight to the tenant.
The Times is now reporting the Chagos islands deal may be in jeopardy. Surprise, surprise.
A lot of the stuff Labour are pushing right now just is not going to happen for various legal reasons as well.

A lot of the problems are caused by slogan politics and no experience of the real world of business, diplomacy or government. I’m not surprised but it is foolish to allow pandering to certain groups override sensible policies. Laws and policies are fertile ground for unintended consequences.

The beauty of being in government with a big majority is you can change the law.

@blossomtoes - that would result in a one term Government and the next Government overturning anything too drastic pretty quickly. Whilst a majority in Parliament looks tempting, popularity is everything in politics because you cannot get anything proper done in just one term. So you have to think 2 terms and so you have to keep your voting public on side. Therefore, it becomes a balance of what you realistically can achieve, large majority or not.
And if some of your policies result in less revenue than you pretty much cannot do the stuff you had hoped to do anyway. So if you are off to a bad start like they have been, a lot of it goes out of the window.

When they start to see unemployment, huge numbers of immigrants and no growth they will have to rethink. Labour has spent the years since Blair on university style politics. Stating what they would like but not really understanding the economics or dynamics of the country and therefore his to get it. They have already completely misunderstood WFS for pretty hard up people just above benefits level. They are controlled by larger public service unions who expect their members to benefit most and Will strike to get what they want inconveniencing everyone else who funds them. The goals of growth and prosperity are impossible if the people who pay the most tax and companies who make profits are demonised and taxed beyond what is reasonable.