Chancellor Rachel Reeves: Her Time Is Up!
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The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
So does the poster who cuts and pastes this stuff
Larry O'Hara
Well-Known Member
What a surprise (not)….
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
And Doubts grow over Labour’s VAT plan for private schools another plan looks likely to bite the dust
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Presumably they've all been bunged free places for their kids...as gifts, like.
Larry O'Hara
Well-Known Member
Another total non-surprise
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Plus ça change
Elpenor
a clown’s heart and a mandolin
This is a surprise, after his pitch for Labour leader in 2020, I had him down as a man of his word. Perhaps I was wrong
Larry O'Hara
Well-Known Member
I suggest you were: he has junked every single one of the 10 principles he stood on. On second thoughts, did you really think him principled??This is a surprise, after his pitch for Labour leader in 2020, I had him down as a man of his word. Perhaps I was wrong
Elpenor
a clown’s heart and a mandolin
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
oh I see scrapping the 2 quid bus fare cap is the next wheeze. I've been taking the cross county x4 for years on end and since the 2 quid cap its been very well used, workers, kids, everyone. Back when it was 7 quid one way the service was running half empty outside of morning and evening rush. This fucking labour govmnt. Hows that growth supposed to happen when you've just made low earners work travel costs triple? Pennywise...
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
The two quid fare makes buses actually worth taking. I’m still salty about the 14 quid fare from Chichester to the beach ten years ago
ruffneck23
front left
This, the £2 fare cap has been a real life saver for me, it allows me to get out of the house to go to cheaper supermarkets, the job centre, the doctors when needed and saves me having to walk 35 mins just to get a pint of milk.
I fucking hate this lot, although I knew I would but at least I have some relief that I didn't vote for them
PR1Berske
Alligator in chains by the park gates.
I can't put into words how ridiculous it would be to scrap the cap. It's really helped me over the past few years and it's obvious that passenger numbers are increasing partly because of it.
If Reeves does the nuclear option and scraps it "straight on" without any kind of ramp or lifting, some rural/long distance journeys could go from £2 to £12+ (I think there's a Yorkshire route which will go up to £22 in a single leap).
Not to go from expressing few opinions to being unable to stop typing in a single bound, but if what I understand is about to happen is accurate, workers on moderate incomes could soon be costed out of taking a bus to a job where NI contributions reduce your take home. And under a Labour government that is pretty ropey.
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
But not surprising.
PR1Berske
Alligator in chains by the park gates.
Yes, they extended it to 31 December. I would have hoped that they would have "stepped" it from discounted to full in stages. The worry is that Reeves will just go straight from discount to full with nothing in-between.
ruffneck23
front left
Angela Rayner leads Cabinet revolt against Reeves’ ‘huge’ Budget cuts
Senior ministers are pushing back against cuts as Rachel Reeves finalises her first Budget as chancellor
www.independent.co.uk
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
Literally using that old favourite cunty Tory phrase ‘difficult decisions’. As if it’s tough for them or something.Angela Rayner leads Cabinet revolt against Reeves’ ‘huge’ Budget cuts
Senior ministers are pushing back against cuts as Rachel Reeves finalises her first Budget as chancellor
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
I really hope that the leaks about scrapping the £2 bus fare cap (after the present arrangements expire at the end of December) are inaccurate or expectation management. Such a move would obviously hit the poorest workers/carers by increasing the cost of a greener form of transport for what must be minuscule potential 'savings' to the public purse.
The Starmer, Reeves, Streeting triumvirate are beyond weird. Vile people.
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