Hammond's Autumn (Budget) Statement 2017, due Wednesday 22nd November.

[SaskiaJayne]

Something about older diesel cars going up a tax band but not latest diesels so presumably anything below euro6?

 

[Silas Loom]

Something about older diesel cars going up a tax band but not latest diesels so presumably anything below euro6?

Older diesel models when bought new.

 

[SaskiaJayne]

Ah yes googled it now. New diesels go up a first year tax band. Do the maths though & even now it’s probably still going to be cheaper to run a diesel than petrol version of same car if you are doing reasonable annual mileage.

 

[cybershot]

Phew. The diesel thing is a one-off charge on new cars. I bought a 2014 diesel in May with a vague assumption that they were low CO2, green, and in some way subsidised. Then I started noticing articles saying that diesel owners were anti-social particulate-spraying bastards, likely to be issued with punitive fines.

Was a bit nervous about this myself as I only pay £30 tax at the moment on my 11 Reg Mondeo!! No doubt Ford cheated the emission tests but glad I'm not paying the price for being lied too. Yet.

 

[ska invita]

It’s actually likely to increase house prices so more likely to benefit selling bourgeoisie.

house prices in London (only) are just about falling. Being cynical you could say this is a move to shore up the market during Brexit wobbles rather than doing something for the permarenters. Even if not cynical that's the effect

 

[ViolentPanda]

I thought that Audis were the least ostentatious and most sober of the big German three.

Not for a long while. VW have re-inserted themselves in that slot. Audi drivers receive the sort of opprobrium that Beemer and Volvo drivers used to.

 

[ViolentPanda]

And, so does everyone else.

I'm not saying that Mr Bahnhof Strasse is a cunt, but Derek and Clive built a whole sketch around him.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Most discreet of the fast big cars too, but the proles are prone to jealousy and have decreed that Audi drivers are fair game for a bit of blind prejudice. Which is fine, as long as they GET OUT OF MY FUCKING WAY.

I will get out of your way, just as soon as I've laid a Stinger across the road.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

I will get out of your way, just as soon as I've laid a Stinger across the road.

I've just put 2 new tyres on, £270 each

 

[ViolentPanda]

I've just put 2 new tyres on, £270 each

That knowledge will give me even more of a boner when your tyres get shredded. Cheers!!!

 

[Silas Loom]

Not for a long while. VW have re-inserted themselves in that slot. Audi drivers receive the sort of opprobrium that Beemer and Volvo drivers used to.

All because of Bahnhof. It's amazing how one bloke can tarnish a brand like that. He's done to them what Savile did to shell suits.

 

[ViolentPanda]

All because of Bahnhof. It's amazing how one bloke can tarnish a brand like that. He's done to them what Savile did to shell suits.

Bahnhof and that wrong'un twentythreedom . They're like a pair of oafish Audi-driving Clarkson clones. People who used to drive Audis have moved across to VWs so as not to be stained by the reputation that those two savages have given the marque.

 

[redsquirrel]

though i am thinking of exporting the chav juice like some kind of modern day prohibition twist

Twat.

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Some crunching of OBR figures on this Twitter feed.

 

[mauvais]

Stamp duty is probably going to save us about £5k, but as ever, we aren't necessarily the sort of people who need a £5k tax cut in this land of austerity, so...

 

[Slo-mo]

btw, I'm going to take a wild guess about where the extra money for universal credit will go. The landlords have complained y'see. They will be inconvenienced by the lateness of payments. Extra money is therefore required to improve processes to make sure that landlords don't get into financial difficulties. Tories are so predictable, I'll buy everyone on this thread a pint if I turn out to be wrong.

You may be right. I have to say, 1.5 billion is not chicken feed even at government level and *in theory* ought to be enough to make a real difference in the speed of claim processing if it is used sensibly....

 

[bimble]

Austerity has ended! (Says the daily mail) .

 

[equationgirl]

Austerity has ended! (Says the daily mail) .

*hollow laugh*

 

[equationgirl]

The BBC calculator claims I'll be £19.67 better off a month.

Thanks, Hammond, for your largesse.

 

[NoXion]

You may be right. I have to say, 1.5 billion is not chicken feed even at government level and *in theory* ought to be enough to make a real difference in the speed of claim processing if it is used sensibly....

Therein lies the problem.

 

[The39thStep]

The BBC calculator claims I'll be £19.67 better off a month.

Thanks, Hammond, for your largesse.

£3.19 for me .

 

[equationgirl]

£3.19 for me .

It's almost like they don't want us to have a savings safety net...

 

[cupid_stunt]

£7.33 better off per month for me, I would rather it was spent on the NHS, so I'll gift aid it to the local hospital charity.

 

[twentythreedom]

Bahnhof and that wrong'un twentythreedom . They're like a pair of oafish Audi-driving Clarkson clones. People who used to drive Audis have moved across to VWs so as not to be stained by the reputation that those two savages have given the marque.

Harsh but fair, I feel. Well, in the Hof's case it certainly is

 

[NoXion]

Apparently I'll be 26p worse off. It's probably worse than that in reality though. Fuck.

 

[elbows]

I'm not saying that Mr Bahnhof Strasse is a cunt, but Derek and Clive built a whole sketch around him.

On a related note, I see no change to the VAT rate for arse lobsters.

 

[Slo-mo]

Therein lies the problem.

Indeed. As a taxpayer, if there isn't a significant drop in the evictions and foodbank referrals that happen as a result of benefit delays I'll want to know where the hell the 1.5 billion has been spent.

 

[SpookyFrank]

You may be right. I have to say, 1.5 billion is not chicken feed even at government level and *in theory* ought to be enough to make a real difference in the speed of claim processing if it is used sensibly....

Considering the overall costs of setting up UC in the first place, 1.5 billion is barely a month's supply of cocaine for the consultants' consultants' consultants.

 

[crossthebreeze]

£8.42 better off per month according to the BBC

 

[mauvais]

The BBC calculator claims I'll be £19.67 better off a month.

Thanks, Hammond, for your largesse.

Do you get paid the same and drink the same amount of wine as me or what?

 

[bimble]

14p a month better off for me