The Budget

The Effects of the recession

elizabeth finn care — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:18:24 GMT

Elizabeth Finn Care and Roehampton University are teamed up to conduct a social research project reflecting the effects of the current economic climate. EFC provides financial and emotional safety net for people from over 120 different occupations. Many professional people from these occupations have faced redundancies, down sizing, and pay cuts. We aim to determine if these effects are causing mental health issues and to establish what can be done to halt them. The overriding aim of which is to have enough crucial facts to push for policy changes.

Can you help? Roehampton University and the charity Elizabeth Finn Care. We are interested in your views even if you have not been affected so far. CLICK HERE: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=JQETcZAJJ1kD_2fXfgrwFteA_3d_3d

Gordon Brown on Youtube

tony blair — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:19:08 GMT

Surely the excruciatingly embarrassing performance of Gordon Brown on Youtube trying to sell his ideas on retaining and enhancing the scandalous system for MP’s expenses exposes him in a very sinister light.
Does this look like a balanced mature and sensible person?
Clearly whoever at No 10 allowed this to be released must be making mischief if not plotting his downfall as it is one of the most spectacular examples of self-harm in political history.

If you haven't seen it look at.

<www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBXj5l6ShpA>

Budget Interview

tex321 — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:53:51 GMT

Tory Boy Schofield was in typical Sneer and Leer form when interviewing Yvette Cooper on This Morning. Could this possibly be because he supposedly 'earns' over £150 000, (in the loosest form possible).

There used to be a time when interviewers were impartial, and representing the people. This self-serving Tory Boy is no longer fit to be on the programme.

phil and fern on this morning

topbanana42 — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:09:30 GMT

talk about sour grapes i guess the budget will hit both of them hard on the huge salaries. phil in perticular was ranting about the proposed 50 % income tax levelled at those earning over 150 k he wasnt talking for the public he was moaning about himslf and fern it was that see through. then through gritted teeth they played out a really cheesey sketch. i used to enjoy this morning but all i can say its time for new faces they were a total disgrace meant to be impartial straight after they showed a poll of who they wanted to be prime minister brown or cameron. just a minute whose the guest on tomorrow oh surprise surprise david cameron wake up this morning your tact is laughable.

The Budget

Julep11 — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:35:13 GMT

Sat here in tears yet again after listening to another budget that has once again totally ignored disabled people under the age of 65 and over the age of 18. We can't pay our carers due to being in extreme fuel poverty, the rising price of food and the general cost of living. Where is our help?

Todays Finacial Position

keith c — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:54:11 GMT

With the difficult situation of today the Budget should be looking after the poorer section of the British public, Pensioners who have no way of rising their income, young couples who earn less than the national average and have morgages and are bringing up children.

The way to fund these sort of cost is to hit the financial organisations that got us into this mess in the first place, they are still making vast profits at the cost to savers who rely on a little interest to help with their living costs, If they dont do something soon people will remove their money and completely loose faith in banks and building societies.

ACT BEFORE ITS TOO LATE. TAKE FROM THE RICH & GIVE TO THE POOR UNTIL THINGS STABELISE.

YOUR VOTERS INCLUDE OLD, YOUNG, AND VUNERABLE. READ THE SIGNS

Saving money...

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Death of the pub

lutonmalc — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:11:18 GMT

Thanks to another shortsighted budget, the end of the pub is signalled. No longer will there be a place to relax over a pint after work or while away the evening with a game of darts.

Following the catastrophic effect of the smoking ban, the person in the street who enjoys a pint and a ciggarette is penalised in order to pay for the planned cut in VAT.

If the government addressed the true problems of binge drinking, with supermarkets selling below cost alcohol in vast quantities for consumption in an uncontrolled environment, the increase in price would allow fair competition between the on and off trade. Therefore providing increased revenue to our countries depleted coffers.

VAT lack of Judgement

tony blair — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:53:14 GMT

The drop in VAT is ill judged and typical of a tired government seeking chep favours. Unfortunately few of the Cabinet have ever held proper jobs so they have no idea of the workload required to implement the change. Furthermore it only drops prices from £117.50 tt £115, abot 2% anyone making a cut would have been doing it anyway, the panic price cutting to stave off liquidation will be claimed as due to the Chancellor - not true.

However when the rate is restored to 17.5% there will be a further workload and a wonderful excuse for all businesses to raise prices. Since this will be under a Conservative Chancellor we shall then get Labour blaming the new government.

Gordo, for god's sake GO>

The Budget

ITV Ed — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:37:19 GMT

Hi,

Have the Chancellor’s changes hit you in the pocket?

Are you worse or better off?

Tell us what you think about Alistair Darling’s first budget in this forum.

Thanks

New Tax System

lily65 — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:27:01 GMT

I am worse off now. I pay more Tax, less Ins and less work pension. I paying in to a works pension, which the Government are urging people to and now I am paying less and more tax. So at the end of my working life I suppose I will get a smaller pension.

child benifit

act — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:43:47 GMT

can i just say that for the past 10 to 15 years i have tried to contact itv about the rise in child benifit in the budget .it is comendable that the chansellor puts up child benifit, but can i please point out that if you are on income support benifits child benifit is deducted as income so people/familys on income support are no better off. so working families are better off so disabled people with children are not.

CAR TAX NEW BUDGET

rosesinbloom — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:54:44 GMT

Have I read it wright, they are putting up car tax on people carriers, because they have high Emmisions, I am unfortunate that I have no choice but to have a people carrier, because I have 5 children, when I was little there were 4 of us in a vauxall cavileir, we manage but because the goverment brought in seat belts, car seats which don't get me wrong my children are completley safe in my car, but because of this they had to make people carriers, we are being peanilised, which is unfair, although it doesn't help, when the majority of people have them for three children as a fashion accersory.

budget 'lets rip off working class again' 2008

smudgas — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:12:14 GMT

WOW what a suprise, Labour have done it again. If you work, have kids, smoke, drink and have a car you get hit again.

Price of fags up

price of booze up

cost of living UP

WAGES NOT GOING UP BY SAME AMOUNT OF INCREASE

Housing benefit or lack off

louiseky — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:33:13 GMT

I have for the first time in 16 years found my self in a postion of being unemployed, and having to claim jobseekers and housing benefit, I have just been told that i will get £68 per week for my rent my rent is £400 a month, therefore I have to find £32 per week to top up my rent fine but I only get £60.50 per week, so I will have £28 per week to pay my bills, run a car (I live in a rural place and have been told I will have at least a 5 yr wait for council housing) so I can get a job LOL. I cant even afford to get to interviews now. What am iI surpose to do.

I live on my own so have to clear a set amount each month to pay my rent bills etc, with the new tax system and lack of tax credit help this is making it increasing difficuilt to found a job. I have to look at how much the wage is ,how much it would cost to get to the job before I can even think about applying, its so unfair.

Budget blues

fancy-nancy — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:23:59 GMT

Is it me or is Budget day the most depressing day of the year?

budget

sofachick — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:02:03 GMT

im a mum of four aged 13 to 1, am i going to be spending my extra child benefit on taxing our 7 seater vehicle, which we bought 2nd hand last year you cannot buy a people carrier to squeeze in 4 kids pram football gear etc... with a small litre engine! i will not go back to work as my children need me at home doing what mums should, why should my hubby work 7 days a week for us to be penalised... it would be cheaper for us to go on benefits!

Budget effect on the disabled living in the country

hiroshima atomic bomb casualty — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:10:19 GMT

My wife and I are both disabled and use our small car to attend hospitals in Farnborough Kent and Croydon. Petrol in the country garages is always more expensive than London - when London was 99p per litre we were paying £1.06. We have only one food shop in Westerham and must travel 7 to 10 miles to our nearest Supermarkets. We have not taken a holiday since October 2005 and our car mileage for the past 12 months was less than 7000 miles. The Chancellor is collecting at least 74p out of every litre we pay. Why can't he grant a special consession for all registered disabled who have to travel for treatment and survival?.

I served as a regular army officer for 26 years. My stomach and spleen were removed 5 years ago due to the long term effect of atomic radiation whilst my wife and I were stationed in Hiroshima Japan in the Army of Occupation after the war, I have physically wasted away from 16 stone to only 9 stone and need extra heating day and night.

My wife is a life time diabetic and paralysed following a stroke 4 years ago and is confined to a wheel chair. She is gradually learning to speak again and has attended hospital once or twice each week for the past 4 years. We are grateful for the Christmas fuel bonus but the cost of everything as a result of this budget will greatly increase our plight. Major Alan Taylor-Smith

Budget

oldmaid — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:45:19 GMT

As usual nothing has been done to lift pensioner's out of poverty. The one off payment of £50 extra while welcome still won't allow us to heat our bedroom. With coal at £10 a bag it will keep our fire in for 3 weeks. As we live in a very old stone built house we can't benefit from grants to insulate. For eg. Cavity wall insulation is no good we don't have cavity walls. Roof insulation we don't have a loft so that doesn't apply. Other years we have used electric oil filled radiators but with electric being the price it is and with food prices rising, and fuel costs escalating this year we have been unable to afford to heat the bedroom. It really has come to the choice of heat or eat!!!! Council tax is a crippler it takes all my husbands pension and some of mine one week in four to pay our council tax. Our income is fixed so I can only see things getting worse. What is needed is a real raise in the Old Age Pension a realistic amount to live on. Without the humiliation of going with a begging bowl for for means tested benefits. Who wants to give this government personal information they are incapable of looking after it!! The abolition of the 10% tax means we will again have to pay tax which will wipe out the small increase in out state pension for 2008 - 2009 so we haven't been helped only hurt by this budget.

This budget makes me realise why the government wanted 24 hour drinking !! they can now maximise their tax take on boozy britain !!!

Green taxes Bah! humbug! again the worse off are hit hardest how does saying, if you can afford to pay its alright to have as big a carbon footprint as you like. How on earth is that going to prevent Global Warming???? The answer surely is to stop making gas guzzlers and stop lighting up our towns with advertising neon signs, and all the lighting of shops when they are shut ! think of the power saving if they were all switched off. Instead we encourage all night clubbing what a waste of power !! Can't we turn our waste to energy? We are an island think of all the renewable power twice a day with tidal power !

For Budget 2008 read Fudge it 2008 !!