The UK Politics and EU Referendum thread - merged

[JohnCharver]

How tilt is this 'northern powerhouse' thing

Sugar levy is a very good thing imo, has been a big success in Mexico

Going to spend it on sport/extending school hours, but they dont have any energy to do it lol.

Least we know the next generation will vote him out.

[TightEnd]

Abolishes NI payments for self employed!

think i read correctly that there is a £9bn extra tax take from big business in this budget too.

some i nteresting stuff in it. compulsory maths til the age of 18 for example

[Jon MW]

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some interesting stuff in it. compulsory maths til the age of 18 for example

Good idea if they do it properly .... they won't.

A few education secretaries have had reasonable ideas for education and then completely screwed it up in the execution, I expect this to be the same.

[TightEnd]

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[redsimon]

Abolishes NI payments for self employed!

think i read correctly that there is a £9bn extra tax take from big business in this budget too.

some i nteresting stuff in it. compulsory maths til the age of 18 for example

Just Class 2 NICs I see, not Class 4 ones so a bit different in reality

[vegaslover]

Don't know if it is just me but listening to Corbyn is so painful, no fluidity in his public speaking

[JohnCharver]

Don't know if it is just me but listening to Corbyn is so painful, no fluidity in his public speaking

aye, hes no boris

[DaveShoelace]

Don't know if it is just me but listening to Corbyn is so painful, no fluidity in his public speaking

Heard someone describe him as sounding like a substitute teacher struggling to control a class.

[DaveShoelace]

Need to read more on the ISA thing but that looks like the death of the personal pension, if I've understood it correctly. Probably not a good thing even though there is more tax relief/enhancements, I've always liked the fact that you can't take money out of a pension early.

[david3103]

i just get stunned by the hypocrisy of it. "champagne socialists" get pilloried yet corbyn's questionable history is brushed aside

i'll try and avoid the lols, but that was what i was heartily doing at the time. Apoliogies.


anyway the budget today. plenty of chance for the opposition to get stuck into Osborne who is on a sticky wicket.

What exactly is his history then?  Go on I'll bite. 

I bet it's nothing in comparison to cutting Corporation Tax from 28 to 17%

its all been done on here and i sense to re-hash it would be unneccessary. it was all done when you were posting under your former non de plume too, you responded to much of it

cutting corporation tax is good too, all other things being equal (which you will argue they aren't)

what i will say is that i listened to and read the speech of dan jarvis last week

now that is a man who if was labour leader would have a fighting chance of victory in 2020. very impressive indeed

I'm confused,

Hi,

I'm new to posting here but I have been a voyeur of the forum for quite some time.  

Always thought Blonde was pretty hot on name changes and multi-accounting so who is PokerBroker?

[DMorgan]

Gotta be KMac right?

[TightEnd]

Gotta be KMac right?

very likely correct, a mortgage broker from glasgow with exactly the same posting style and identical political views

multi-accounting isn't allowed but as the ip is masked i don't have incontrovertible proof

[redsimon]

Need to read more on the ISA thing but that looks like the death of the personal pension, if I've understood it correctly. Probably not a good thing even though there is more tax relief/enhancements, I've always liked the fact that you can't take money out of a pension early.

Does look like that, I'm guessing though that the bit where you are under 40 in 2017 and can invest £4k with a £1K top up from HMRC will restrict when you can withdraw until 60? Seems the ditching of Pension Relief for higher tax payers might still be on the agenda?

[TightEnd]

Need to read more on the ISA thing but that looks like the death of the personal pension, if I've understood it correctly. Probably not a good thing even though there is more tax relief/enhancements, I've always liked the fact that you can't take money out of a pension early.

Does look like that, I'm guessing though that the bit where you are under 40 in 2017 and can invest £4k with a £1K top up from HMRC will restrict when you can withdraw until 60? Seems the ditching of Pension Relief for higher tax payers might still be on the agenda?

I think i read that you can pop £4k in, get the £1k bonus, 20% penalty on the bonus if you withdraw early so can "turn" £800?

one for the small print i suppose

[DaveShoelace]

Need to read more on the ISA thing but that looks like the death of the personal pension, if I've understood it correctly. Probably not a good thing even though there is more tax relief/enhancements, I've always liked the fact that you can't take money out of a pension early.

Does look like that, I'm guessing though that the bit where you are under 40 in 2017 and can invest £4k with a £1K top up from HMRC will restrict when you can withdraw until 60? Seems the ditching of Pension Relief for higher tax payers might still be on the agenda?

My understanding is that you don't get the bonus, and you also get an early withdrawal penalty, if you withdraw early.