cbathpc
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Will happen more and more across the country as demographics change in certain areas. Galloway's campaign was based entirely around Gaza, something in which most people don't care about.
Given levels of Chinese immigration to certain areas, I'm sure we'll see similar extremely targeted campaigns.
As always, the questions lead to WTF the tories have been doing, and why they're so happy to have immigration focused so extremely to certain areas. Can only hurt them..
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I'm sure this has been posted before, but we need to get a lid on things yesterday https://unherd.com/newsroom/dutch-study-immigration-costs-state-e17-billion-per-year/
As others have pointed out, this mass immigration is not increasing GDP, and is significantly reducing it per head. We're making the country demonstrably worse for no reason.
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The cuts to Sainsburys as always seem short sighted. Their bakery is of a good standard, and now they're moving towards frozen stuff vs fresh. When the quality goes to shit, surely they'll get less sales? If people want cheap they'll go to Aldi or Lidl. These management consultant types obsessed with getting every penny out always seem to damage the business
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1 minute ago, clarkey said:
Can’t all be on pregnancy tests unless diamond encrusted.
I just feel these organisations councils , nhs whatever have no budget or accountability and just keep on spending as if they are too big to fail and will just bang up council tax if overspentThey're not incentivised to get the best deals. They just need to deliver a service, who cares about the cost?
See them paying £1000 per day for a taxi to take a kid to school. At a private business this would be negotiated, or the perhaps a minibus would be bought to take them all together rather than individually - this never happens at a council because who cares.
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18 hours ago, Pebbles said:
Another example of the state of declining britian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/27/british-transport-police-bleep-test-menopause-fitness sod if the tests discriminate against women. There should be a minimum standard of fitness and if that means the police force is 90% male then that is fine. Stop pandering to political correctness.
It was somehow decided that a diverse force was more important than a competent one. Who made this decision and why? I've never met anyone who wants this, so why has it happened?
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1 hour ago, deerohdeer1 said:
Two people actually net contributing to the economy and several of you on here are shitting on them for making the rational observation that they can't afford children despite them having a joint income that puts them in the top 5% of earners in the UK.
Some of you are beyond idiotic.
Exactly. The poster above you talking about £100k in London is nothing special. Well they're in the top 10% of London incomes for a household. Yet they won't be able to afford a place to live, or to have children.
How is this a good state of affairs? Do we really want London to be millionaires, single male refugees/immigrants and benefit recipients?
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This just sounds like a way to manipulate the land registry. I'm surprised they're allowed to get away with it (well not really)
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2 hours ago, fellow said:
172 teachers to be axed as Glasgow City Council set to make major job cuts
https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/12035890/hundreds-of-teachers-to-be-axed-scotland/
"Glasgow City Council, the country's largest local authority, is planning to ditch 172 teaching posts across its primary and secondary schools.
The council is looking at several education reform options in order to plug a £107million budget hole in the next three years, Tes Magazine reports.
It's understood union representatives were informed of the plans yesterday and headteachers are to be told of the plans next week."
Shows the state of the UK that teachers are the first target. Anything to keep the grift going.
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1 hour ago, dpg50000 said:
It's actually 12.3%, which is one-eigth. Maths never was your strong point, was it?
https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications/welcome-fall-price-cap-high-debt-levels-remain
£20 a month saving on the average bill. Big whoop.
Yes combined with your water bill and council tax raising by more than enough to cover this figure. People are still net losers
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Mental health is well on the way to becoming the new whiplash. For sure its real and can be debilitating, but it's also extremely exploitable.
Its interesting to see where this goes, because it can't carry on in its current state. I suspect the real losers will be the people suffering the worst.
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I'd imagine the tenants are going to be refugees who can't complain with contracts put in place with people who don't have the skill or interest to negotiate.
Of course this is all a giant house of cards, that only continues to get bigger
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15 hours ago, jiltedjen said:
there is a baby bust going on.
the ratio of retired to working age is becoming worse, and already talks of raising retirement age to 71
need someone to be paying taxes when we retire
Pensioners get non means tested pensions, free public transport, discounted energy bills.
Parents get .. £2000 tax relief to the cost of nursery. The average cost of full time nursery is £15k, or part time £7.5k.
Yes I wonder why people have stopped having kids.
At least labour and the tories have committed to keeping the triple lock. ****** british families, we can import the rest of the world to take care of the pensioners.
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18 hours ago, clarkey said:
They can stop stupid marginal tax rates ie the 100k and the 60k child benefit trap and up rate with inflation. Increase personal allowance to 20k . They don’t need to cut anything just stop stealing from us. Pay for it by removing the triple lock 😉
Yes. How about just tie tax brackets to inflation. Perhaps then they would be incentivised to get it under control. Mad that pensioners, and benefit recipients get their money increased along with inflation, while the mug paye workers get shit on to pay for it
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1 hour ago, winkie said:
Less was purchased and spent eating out etc than usual Q4 festive season, more being spent on fuel, debt and rent costs.......more money to pay back Q1, treading water if not going under.... Investment into infrastructure and public services desperately required, cut, cut, cut and now it is noticeably affecting most people, the people that matter, the people that count.
Does feel like we're coming to a crescendo. So much money being sucked up by energy bills, mortgage/rents, childcare costs, tax. Nothing left for anything productive.
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The insanity of this idea aside. I think a valid question is - what pensions? How many people who've been unable to afford a house have a meaningful amount in a pension?
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On 07/02/2024 at 09:26, PeanutButter said:
Your kids will pay for them to grow up ill.
Your life will suffer when they block beds, slow down learning in school, make mistakes that impact you and your family.
You don’t actually believe that poor children SHOULD suffer, do you? We live in a society.
Suggest an answer. It seems to be, the state should feed, wash, and nurture these children while the parents sit on their arse collecting payments.
Why not tie their existing benefits to doing a good job? Why are we paying people money to raise fat children with awful teeth?
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1 hour ago, Pebbles said:
Cut the benefits spending and make state pension realistic before means testing. The return you get on your state pension contribution is unsustainable. Means testing just allows people to not save for retirement. If you want to not live on the streets and eat then you need to save for it.
Yes, second they means test for pensions, my contributions go to 0, and i'll look for other vehicles to save my money.
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We all know the types of parents who are causing this. The solution is simple, if you're not brushing your kids teeth, or you're just feeding them shite, no more child benefit, no housing allowance. If you want this free money, use it appropriately.
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Another ticking time bomb awaits. We can see why migration is so high, this is the tories only answer to all of these issues.
At what point does investing in a private pension through work stop being worth it? What use is it if you can't get it until you're 65+?
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It is a curiousity as to what will happen when lease renewals come up. Surely businesses can't justify expensive leases for staff coming into the office 1 day, or less per week.
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This seems more to do with FFP. Teams are scared to death of point deductions, so are reigning in spending. I think without that, we'd be seeing big money dropping.
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On the above, I do think a dish is still superior. Have a few friends who have the Sky Glass and its nowhere near as good as a feed from a dish. Also with live sport you'll always be 30s to a minute behind which can make all the difference
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10 hours ago, burk said:
Lloyds pharmacy has gone pop owing nearly £300m, first of many this year I suspect:
It's incredible. How does a business like that go pop? It seems so safe and secure, what on earth are they doing with the money?
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Telegraph article
QuoteA family living on benefits in London can be financially better off than a household earning £70,000 a year, analysis suggests.Increasingly generous welfare payments mean non-working families are able to claim tens of thousands of pounds of Universal Credit, Council Tax Support and Child Benefit, and benefit from discounted social housing, while many working families must pay full-rate rent and income tax.Analysis by the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) and The Telegraph shows that the combined value of these benefits and discounted rent in some locations can add up to more than £50,000 – more than a sole earner on £70,000 would get after income tax and National Insurance.While this will apply in only a few places, it illustrates the size of the benefits packet on offer.When student loan repayments are factored in, the gap is even greater, the analysis found. It comes as ministers are expected to surpass their £137.4bn welfare spending target by £8.6bn in 2024-25, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).Sir Iain Duncan Smith, the architect of Universal Credit, said the Government needed to ensure it was not disincentivising work. He said: “In terms of where the tapers are and where the work allowances are, these are things that the Government chooses.“The Government needs to renew these to make sure that the balance is reset after Covid, and getting people back into work is a critical component of cutting the welfare bill.”Greg Smith MP added: “This data will concern many. Clearly further work needs to be done to ensure that we’re sticking to commitments made at the dawn of Universal Credit – that it must never pay more to be on benefits than pay on work at an average wage. This data drives a cart and horses through that.”Official forecasts have revealed that two million more people are set to start claiming disability benefits by the end of the decade.The increase, driven by the rise of mental health problems, will push up the welfare bill for the long-term sick by £17bn to £48bn by 2030. Ministers have vowed to crack down on Britain’s bloated benefits bill.nder new proposals, those who refuse to look for a job will lose access to free prescriptions and discounted bus travel after six months. If they still fail to seek out employment, they will have their benefits cut off after 18 months.However, the Government is set to increase housing support for the poorest families by £800 a year to help them cope with the cost of living crisis.Around 1.6 million private renters who are in receipt of benefits will see their payments boosted. The bumper increase will be the first time the level of housing allowance has risen since 2020.Ministers hope that boosting the payments will help encourage more claimants into work. Campaigners have said that being insecure about housing can cause anxiety and is a key factor that holds people back from applying for jobs.The Government also plans to spend a total of £3.2bn across five welfare measures designed to get economically inactive people back into the workforce.The CSJ analysis assumed two parents aged 30, both unemployed for at least two years and with three children under 16, renting a two-bed council property on the World’s End Estate, an SW10 postcode.Based on their estimated eligible rent, the calculations show the family would be eligible for £2,191 each month in Universal Credit, Council Tax Support and Child Benefit. If they were paying £898 a month in social housing rent, rather than up to £3,000 if they were renting on the open market, the combined value of the discounted rent and cash benefits would be worth around £51,500 a year.If the sole earner has student loans to pay, they would need to earn roughly £81,000 before their earnings matched the combined benefits and subsidies of the non-working household.A government spokesman said the analysis used an “extreme example” and was “not nationally representative”.Analysts also highlighted that families claiming disability benefits were more likely to be eligible for council housing and higher benefit payments. Official figures show one in nine children now have a disability amid a surge in post-pandemic mental health problems. The calculations also assume that the person earning £70,000 is not eligible for local housing allowance.The government spokesman added: “Our next generation of welfare reforms will help over a million more people into work while we cut taxes and bring down inflation.“Social rent provides homes for people whose needs are not met by the housing market, while the welfare system is a safety net for those who need it – ensuring vulnerable people are supported.”What a fabulous situation the tories have created. The solution to this being increasing housing benefit!
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Yeah, but currently higher rate tax payers are paying for other peoples genetic reproduction at the expense of their own.
I also don't wish to pay for boomers big state pensions that they've contributed perhaps 5% of the value too. Perhaps, it's best not to go down this route..