I'm faintly hoping they are appointing certain people to try and speed up get changes through after years of Conservative wastefulness. That is a very faint hope though.
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Musk considers removing X platform from Europe over EU law
Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X, is considering removing the service formerly called Twitter from Europe in response to a new internet platform regulation in the region, news site Insider reported on Wednesday (18 October).
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'Behind closed doors': Ex-Trump aide spills former boss' secrets to packed DNC
A former White House press secretary for Donald Trump delivered a stinging rebuke to her former boss at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday. Stephanie Grisham told Democrats on Tuesday night she wasn't just a Trump supporter, she was a "true believer" and one of his closest advisers...
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Government borrowing above expectations and highest since pandemic as public sector pay rose
Expectations are that taxes will rise and public spending will be further cut in the October budget as the Labour government attempts to bring down the national debt.
Looks like austerity is back on the menu (did it ever leave)
I know you can't magic money out of nowhere (well, without kicking the can down the road) and they've inherited a right mess, but it's still depressing
Hopefully the raised taxes are on corporations etc. considering the labour manifesto spoke about how the tax burden on working people atm is the worst ever and they pledged not to raise taxes
Its the worst ever but also not at European levels.Government borrowing above expectations and highest since pandemic as public sector pay rose
Expectations are that taxes will rise and public spending will be further cut in the October budget as the Labour government attempts to bring down the national debt.news.sky.com
Looks like austerity is back on the menu (did it ever leave)
I know you can't magic money out of nowhere (well, without kicking the can down the road) and they've inherited a right mess, but it's still depressing
Hopefully the raised taxes are on corporations etc. considering the labour manifesto spoke about how the tax burden on working people atm is the worst ever and they pledged not to raise taxes
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From my reading it's capital taxes like IHT and CGT rates that will go up or they will reduce thresholds. They are already going increasing the tax net for non-doms.
They have little scope to increase IT/NIC and VAT if they are not going to break their promises in their manifesto.
As posted before it is nonsense that any Govt. will run out of money and austerity is BS. They'll do it early so they can blame the previous Govt.
They have little scope to increase IT/NIC and VAT if they are not going to break their promises in their manifesto.
As posted before it is nonsense that any Govt. will run out of money and austerity is BS. They'll do it early so they can blame the previous Govt.
One of the major issue we have is how much of the tax burden is spent on debt rather than literally everything else.
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Well according to the IFS UK Govt. spending is around £1155 billion a year of which 8.4% was on spent servicing of net interest payment of the debt - the rest on everything else. HMRC collected £829billion in tax revenue in 2022/23. Our total National debt is around £2.7 trillion or £2,700 billion - so how much of the tax is spent on paying it that down rather than just the interest? But like with all debt the income in brought is doesn't always match the spending - there is always a lag and the national debt is made up of a great deal of GILTs, NSIs, which don't have to be repaid immediately or are ongoing liabilities.
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Tomorrow (I think) marks the day that Kier Starmer draws level with Liz Truss for time spent as Prime Minister.
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Lettuce pray that the recent struggles are not just the tip of the iceberg.
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So apparently Hulk Hogan at a Trump rally openly asked if he should physically assault Harris (admittedly using wrestling moves) and then said she is like a Chameleon who doesn't know what race she is before raising his hand and saying "how" is the stereotypical native american greeting, because the cretin didn't even realise she is Indian indian not the outdated term for native Americans...
Republicans really are wallowing in the cesspit.
Republicans really are wallowing in the cesspit.
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He's always struck me as being pretty thick and so is tailor made for a Trump rally especially when you throw in his ignorance.
Political campaigning across the pond seems to be about celebrity and online influencer endorsements now - maybe that's a reflection of modern day society with many famous people having huge followings. It all seems like big concert/entertainment events rather than communicating what they actually stand for in any detail. When they do speak it's all scripted lines having a pop at each other with most insults coming from the orange one's camp.
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It's ignorance and reflects their leader and let's be honest most of the his support base.
He's a known racist.
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Putin’s henchmen helped Musk to acquire Twitter - reports
Russians Petr Aven and Vadim Moshkovich helped Elon Musk to acquire Twitter, newly-released court documents show.
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Tories ask who authorised Labour donor's No 10 pass
The Conservatives say it is 'deeply concerning' Labour's biggest donor was given access to No 10.
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All Labour had to do was avoid any appearance of impropriety at least in the short term and it seems they are failing to even do that...
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Why is Thames Water in so much trouble?
There are fears that the UK's biggest water firm is close to collapse but how did it come to this?
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Is this proof that privatisation of utilities hasn't worked?
Why is Thames Water in so much trouble?
There are fears that the UK's biggest water firm is close to collapse but how did it come to this?www.bbc.co.uk
Is this proof that privatisation of utilities hasn't worked?
Could it ever work?
If they'd fix the undue difficulties in sacking public sector workers that aren't pulling their weight then it'd never make sense to privatise.
As usual, legal sector have a lot to answer for - in this case they hold the public sector to a very different (and unrealistic) standard compared to private.
