UK Politics Thread part II

[Jimbuna]

No tax rises in payslips for 'working people', vows minister

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has said "working people" would not see higher taxes on their payslips following Wednesday's Budget.

During the election, Labour promised not to increase National Insurance, income tax or VAT on working people but ministers have since come under pressure to define exactly who that covers.

Appearing on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Phillipson said the manifesto pledge referred to people "whose main source of income is the income they earn from going out to work".

She avoided saying if she thought business owners could be considered working people.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c789915n5elo

[Jimbuna]

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[Jimbuna]

[Jimbuna]

Keir Starmer's public approval drops 43 points

Keir Starmer's approval ratings have plummeted by 43 points since he entered Downing Street, new polling has revealed.

The Prime Minister has defined his brief premiership with 'tough choices' on public spending - including cutting the Winter Fuel Allowance for millions of pensioners and ending the £2 bus fare cap.

But the latest approval ratings from think tank More in Common suggest his pessimism is turning off voters who gave him an electoral landslide in July.

The proportion who feel he is doing a 'somewhat good' or 'very good' job minus those who think his performance is 'somewhat bad' or 'very bad' is at negative 38.Sir Keir started his time in No 10 positively, with a plus five approval rating.

This rose as high as eleven in August as he rode the wave of optimism.

But since a fall in September, the Prime Minister has failed to recover his own personal ratings - while his party is also fledgling in the polls.

It means Sir Keir is now more unpopular than Rishi Sunak - who is set to step down as Tory leader this weekend after either Robert Jenrick or Kemi Badenoch are crowned. The former Prime Minister has a minus 31 rating with voters - up six points from July.

And despite receiving advice from Sir Tony Blair, the Prime Minister is seen far less favourably than the Labour veteran.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/othe...7163ba7d&ei=42

[Jimbuna]

Budget 2024: Key points at a glance

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxl1zd07l1o

[Moonlight]

Another Tax and Spend Budget.

[Gorpet]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Budget 2024: Key points at a glance

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxl1zd07l1o

Key point one, How much is the ****ing war, going to cost following the Americans to the last Ukrainian.

[Jimbuna]

[Jimbuna]

Ten times Labour ruled out a tax raid to win the election

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/othe...7d620305&ei=17

[Moonlight]

The devastated business owners left in tears by Labour's Budget: Hairdresser breaks down on live TV as IFS warns National Insurance hike will hit low-paid jobs hardest and force firms to cut salaries, reduce hiring and put up prices

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...bombshell.html

I have yet to see any evidence of this supposedly £22 Billion Black Hole that Rachel Thieves keeps harping on about, months before the General Election the opposition have unrestricted access to the Nations finances, why wasn't it spotted then?.
The Tories and Labour party must have been given some pointers by the Civil Servants as to where and what this black hole in the Nations finances consists of, so what aren't they telling us?.
There's something stinking the House of Commons out at the moment, why aren't the Tories asking for this information to be released as well?, it would either absolve them or incriminate them, lets have the truth you out of touch bastards.

[Jimbuna]

Is there no end to this madness?

Angela Rayner declares £3,550 worth of clothes from Lord Alli

Angela Rayner has declared £3,550 worth of clothes donated by Lord Alli earlier this year.

The Deputy Prime Minister updated her entry in the register of interests to reflect that the donation received in June was for “work clothes for use while undertaking duties”.

She originally described it as a “donation in kind for undertaking parliamentary duties” from Lord Alli.

Ms Rayner, Sir Keir Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves stopped accepting donations to pay for clothes in September after the Prime Minister and his top team received criticism for accepting freebies.

The Prime Minister has paid back £6,000 worth of gifts and hospitality he received since entering Number 10.

He also commissioned a new set of principles on gifts and hospitality to be published as part of the updated Ministerial Code.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknew...b3b1890f&ei=24

[Jimbuna]

I seriously doubt either of them have what it takes.

Kemi Badenoch has emerged victorious in the race to succeed Rishi Sunak as Conservative Party leader

She describes being appointed leader as an "enormous honour" and pledges to hold the Labour government to account

Badenoch defeated Robert Jenrick in the election among Tory members, hinting in her victory speech at a possible "key role" for him

[Moonlight]

This currant will be just as useless as the last 5 Tory Prime Ministers, I think her MPs will give her a bit of leeway for her first 4 to 6 months, but after that the Tory backstabbing will take over again.

Only time will tell if she's up to the job and, from what I've already seen and heard so far, she will never be able to unite those warring factions in her own party never mind the electorate.

[Catfish]

Don't you worry. All will be decided by the US
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[Moonlight]

Starmer to declare people smuggling a 'national security' issue - after PM is accused of 'surrendering' to gangs with 15,000 migrants having crossed the Channel since Labour took power

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ing-gangs.html

It's the incentives Starmer, stop giving the scroungers money and a nice warm hotel with free food and heating to live in, all of them should be put back on the same boat they came here in and sent back to France with no exceptions. Why are you wasting money on these twats when it should be used to help the elderly and vulnerable, a lot of them will have to scrimp and save just to survive the coming winter.
Get your priorities right Starmer and stop bleating like a sheep and show some backbone for once you bleeding wanker.