Kev Woods
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Derby County to the core. leans left. No dm's pls
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The state of this from the BBC...
...making it sound like businesses have got Labour...while casting doubt on the 'claim' it's due to the Lords.
We no, as I've been telling you for weeks, the Lib Dems and the Tories in the Lords keep blocking this.
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...making it sound like businesses have got Labour...while casting doubt on the 'claim' it's due to the Lords.
We no, as I've been telling you for weeks, the Lib Dems and the Tories in the Lords keep blocking this.
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November 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The state of this from the BBC...
...making it sound like businesses have got Labour...while casting doubt on the 'claim' it's due to the Lords.
We no, as I've been telling you for weeks, the Lib Dems and the Tories in the Lords keep blocking this.
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...making it sound like businesses have got Labour...while casting doubt on the 'claim' it's due to the Lords.
We no, as I've been telling you for weeks, the Lib Dems and the Tories in the Lords keep blocking this.
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Why are people suddenly pearl clutching over income tax thresholds?
Where have you been for the last 4.5yrs?
The freeze has been in place since Apr 2021, when Chancellor Sunak froze them from 2021 to Mar 2026!
Then Chancellor Hunt froze them further in Autumn 2022 to Mar 2028!
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Where have you been for the last 4.5yrs?
The freeze has been in place since Apr 2021, when Chancellor Sunak froze them from 2021 to Mar 2026!
Then Chancellor Hunt froze them further in Autumn 2022 to Mar 2028!
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November 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Why are people suddenly pearl clutching over income tax thresholds?
Where have you been for the last 4.5yrs?
The freeze has been in place since Apr 2021, when Chancellor Sunak froze them from 2021 to Mar 2026!
Then Chancellor Hunt froze them further in Autumn 2022 to Mar 2028!
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Where have you been for the last 4.5yrs?
The freeze has been in place since Apr 2021, when Chancellor Sunak froze them from 2021 to Mar 2026!
Then Chancellor Hunt froze them further in Autumn 2022 to Mar 2028!
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Next time someone asks what's the matter with Musk's Twitter, show them this:
An account in India, amplifying a billionaire from South Africa being cheered by an Irish passport holder (using an alias) to encourage civil unrest in the UK.
An account in India, amplifying a billionaire from South Africa being cheered by an Irish passport holder (using an alias) to encourage civil unrest in the UK.
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Next time someone asks what's the matter with Musk's Twitter, show them this:
An account in India, amplifying a billionaire from South Africa being cheered by an Irish passport holder (using an alias) to encourage civil unrest in the UK.
An account in India, amplifying a billionaire from South Africa being cheered by an Irish passport holder (using an alias) to encourage civil unrest in the UK.
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The media are extreme right wing in this country. Extreme and will go further.
Who in their right fckn minds would criticise a policy to lift kids out of poverty just because you couldn’t confirm it over a year ago.
Beth Rigby for a start.
She’s raging at herself and just doesn’t make any sense.
Who in their right fckn minds would criticise a policy to lift kids out of poverty just because you couldn’t confirm it over a year ago.
Beth Rigby for a start.
She’s raging at herself and just doesn’t make any sense.
November 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The media are extreme right wing in this country. Extreme and will go further.
Who in their right fckn minds would criticise a policy to lift kids out of poverty just because you couldn’t confirm it over a year ago.
Beth Rigby for a start.
She’s raging at herself and just doesn’t make any sense.
Who in their right fckn minds would criticise a policy to lift kids out of poverty just because you couldn’t confirm it over a year ago.
Beth Rigby for a start.
She’s raging at herself and just doesn’t make any sense.
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Ed Davey is lying to you. An anti-DST lobby group just yesterday complained that the Government has not, in fact, slashed or changed the DST. Any future changes will result from a globally agreed tax alternative. Absolutely shameless from someone I expected better from.
ccianet.org/news/2025/11...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Ed Davey is lying to you. An anti-DST lobby group just yesterday complained that the Government has not, in fact, slashed or changed the DST. Any future changes will result from a globally agreed tax alternative. Absolutely shameless from someone I expected better from.
ccianet.org/news/2025/11...
ccianet.org/news/2025/11...
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“Dear Diary,
People are still being mean about me being a racist at school. I tried saying I was only racist in a nice way, but that didn’t work so I pretended that the 23 witnesses were all making it up. Hopefully that will do the trick…”
People are still being mean about me being a racist at school. I tried saying I was only racist in a nice way, but that didn’t work so I pretended that the 23 witnesses were all making it up. Hopefully that will do the trick…”
November 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
“Dear Diary,
People are still being mean about me being a racist at school. I tried saying I was only racist in a nice way, but that didn’t work so I pretended that the 23 witnesses were all making it up. Hopefully that will do the trick…”
People are still being mean about me being a racist at school. I tried saying I was only racist in a nice way, but that didn’t work so I pretended that the 23 witnesses were all making it up. Hopefully that will do the trick…”
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"DST will be removed once a global solution for the reallocation of taxing rights is in place. In the meantime, DST continues to operate as an interim solution, ensuring that digital businesses contribute UK tax in line with the value derived from user-related activities in the UK." Davey is lying.
I wish I was surprised. Buried in this Budget is a plan to slash the Digital Services Tax, giving a multi-billion tax cut to US tech giants and the likes of Elon Musk.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"DST will be removed once a global solution for the reallocation of taxing rights is in place. In the meantime, DST continues to operate as an interim solution, ensuring that digital businesses contribute UK tax in line with the value derived from user-related activities in the UK." Davey is lying.
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Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Universal Credit
Has anyone seen much about this in relation to the budget?
The OBR report yesterday included 'increased' welfare spending due to 'reversal' of 'welfare spending' plans announced earlier this year.
Exploring this suggests it's likely...
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Has anyone seen much about this in relation to the budget?
The OBR report yesterday included 'increased' welfare spending due to 'reversal' of 'welfare spending' plans announced earlier this year.
Exploring this suggests it's likely...
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November 27, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Universal Credit
Has anyone seen much about this in relation to the budget?
The OBR report yesterday included 'increased' welfare spending due to 'reversal' of 'welfare spending' plans announced earlier this year.
Exploring this suggests it's likely...
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Has anyone seen much about this in relation to the budget?
The OBR report yesterday included 'increased' welfare spending due to 'reversal' of 'welfare spending' plans announced earlier this year.
Exploring this suggests it's likely...
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It's disgraceful that Rachel Reeves didn't take any questions from GB News! The fact that they claim to not be a news channel every time Ofcom find they have breached impartiality rules shouldn't stop them from pretending they are a news channel whenever it suits them.
November 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
It's disgraceful that Rachel Reeves didn't take any questions from GB News! The fact that they claim to not be a news channel every time Ofcom find they have breached impartiality rules shouldn't stop them from pretending they are a news channel whenever it suits them.
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EV excise duty created in the Budget
Rates:
3p per mile for EVs
1.5p for plug-in hybrids
However, it will bu used to help double road maintenance funding across the Parliament.
And if you used the Electric Car Grant to buy your car, saving up to £3750...
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Rates:
3p per mile for EVs
1.5p for plug-in hybrids
However, it will bu used to help double road maintenance funding across the Parliament.
And if you used the Electric Car Grant to buy your car, saving up to £3750...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
EV excise duty created in the Budget
Rates:
3p per mile for EVs
1.5p for plug-in hybrids
However, it will bu used to help double road maintenance funding across the Parliament.
And if you used the Electric Car Grant to buy your car, saving up to £3750...
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Rates:
3p per mile for EVs
1.5p for plug-in hybrids
However, it will bu used to help double road maintenance funding across the Parliament.
And if you used the Electric Car Grant to buy your car, saving up to £3750...
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Think you are going to really like this clip!
+ going after more unpaid tax
+ new powers to go after those promoting tax avoidance schemes
+ routing out fraud & error in public payments
+ more sanctions on Russia & freezing Russian assets
+ chasing COVID corruption: getting back almost £400m
+ going after more unpaid tax
+ new powers to go after those promoting tax avoidance schemes
+ routing out fraud & error in public payments
+ more sanctions on Russia & freezing Russian assets
+ chasing COVID corruption: getting back almost £400m
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Think you are going to really like this clip!
+ going after more unpaid tax
+ new powers to go after those promoting tax avoidance schemes
+ routing out fraud & error in public payments
+ more sanctions on Russia & freezing Russian assets
+ chasing COVID corruption: getting back almost £400m
+ going after more unpaid tax
+ new powers to go after those promoting tax avoidance schemes
+ routing out fraud & error in public payments
+ more sanctions on Russia & freezing Russian assets
+ chasing COVID corruption: getting back almost £400m
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Why is everyone suddenly scrutinising something that happened when I was at school forty odd years ago? It’s almost as though I was trying to be Prime Minister and people want to know who they fuck they would be letting run the country.
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Why is everyone suddenly scrutinising something that happened when I was at school forty odd years ago? It’s almost as though I was trying to be Prime Minister and people want to know who they fuck they would be letting run the country.
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Today the Chancellor announced that this Labour government will totally remove the Tory imposed 2-child cap on benefits from April - fully funded from the increase gambling taxes and tackling tax avoidance.
Just listen to the cheering from Labour MPs.
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Just listen to the cheering from Labour MPs.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Today the Chancellor announced that this Labour government will totally remove the Tory imposed 2-child cap on benefits from April - fully funded from the increase gambling taxes and tackling tax avoidance.
Just listen to the cheering from Labour MPs.
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Just listen to the cheering from Labour MPs.
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What spending was announced / funded / committed to in the 2025 Budget?
It's a long list - and likely incomplete, so will add more if I hear of them!
+ recommits to £120bn public investment across the Parliament
+ doubling local roads funding - now over £2bn
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It's a long list - and likely incomplete, so will add more if I hear of them!
+ recommits to £120bn public investment across the Parliament
+ doubling local roads funding - now over £2bn
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November 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
What spending was announced / funded / committed to in the 2025 Budget?
It's a long list - and likely incomplete, so will add more if I hear of them!
+ recommits to £120bn public investment across the Parliament
+ doubling local roads funding - now over £2bn
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It's a long list - and likely incomplete, so will add more if I hear of them!
+ recommits to £120bn public investment across the Parliament
+ doubling local roads funding - now over £2bn
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My instant Budget reaction – everything you need to know at speed.
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Martin Lewis: My instant Budget reaction – how it affects the pound in your pocket
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November 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
My instant Budget reaction – everything you need to know at speed.
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What a great Budget.
A great Labour budget.
Here's the first 3 minutes our of brilliant Chancellor's speech, setting the scene!
Couldn't be happier right now with our Chancellor and our Labour government.
A great Labour budget.
Here's the first 3 minutes our of brilliant Chancellor's speech, setting the scene!
Couldn't be happier right now with our Chancellor and our Labour government.
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
What a great Budget.
A great Labour budget.
Here's the first 3 minutes our of brilliant Chancellor's speech, setting the scene!
Couldn't be happier right now with our Chancellor and our Labour government.
A great Labour budget.
Here's the first 3 minutes our of brilliant Chancellor's speech, setting the scene!
Couldn't be happier right now with our Chancellor and our Labour government.
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Budget 2025 fact sheet: Cutting the Cost of Living
The government have made a short list of measures to cut the cost of living which are in the budget / more widely recently been announced.
Some include:
1. taking certain levies off energy bills (£150 per year)
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www.gov.uk/government/n...
The government have made a short list of measures to cut the cost of living which are in the budget / more widely recently been announced.
Some include:
1. taking certain levies off energy bills (£150 per year)
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www.gov.uk/government/n...
Budget 2025 fact sheet: Cutting the Cost of Living
This Budget takes the fair choices needed to deliver on the country’s key priorities and takes decisive action to cut the cost of living, bring down inflation and deliver economic stability.
www.gov.uk
November 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Budget 2025 fact sheet: Cutting the Cost of Living
The government have made a short list of measures to cut the cost of living which are in the budget / more widely recently been announced.
Some include:
1. taking certain levies off energy bills (£150 per year)
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www.gov.uk/government/n...
The government have made a short list of measures to cut the cost of living which are in the budget / more widely recently been announced.
Some include:
1. taking certain levies off energy bills (£150 per year)
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www.gov.uk/government/n...
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You want a summary of the really positive news and excellent measures in the budget?
Then read this summary.
Then tell me this Labour government is in any way bad, chasing Reform, no different to the Tories or won't do what is necessary to help people and the country!
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Then read this summary.
Then tell me this Labour government is in any way bad, chasing Reform, no different to the Tories or won't do what is necessary to help people and the country!
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Strong foundations, secure future: a Budget that delivers on the country's priorities
Rachel Reeves sets out a Budget that delivers on the change promised by the government to cut NHS waiting lists, cut debt and borrowing and cut the cost of living.
www.gov.uk
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
You want a summary of the really positive news and excellent measures in the budget?
Then read this summary.
Then tell me this Labour government is in any way bad, chasing Reform, no different to the Tories or won't do what is necessary to help people and the country!
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Then read this summary.
Then tell me this Labour government is in any way bad, chasing Reform, no different to the Tories or won't do what is necessary to help people and the country!
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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To any one still harking on about a generic (but unworkable) wealth tax and the £10-15bn it might raise (it won't btw)...
...while you've done that, in 2 Budgets Labour have found over £65bn of tax rises annually, heavily skewed towards the wealthiest in society.
This is sensible, workable...
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...while you've done that, in 2 Budgets Labour have found over £65bn of tax rises annually, heavily skewed towards the wealthiest in society.
This is sensible, workable...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
To any one still harking on about a generic (but unworkable) wealth tax and the £10-15bn it might raise (it won't btw)...
...while you've done that, in 2 Budgets Labour have found over £65bn of tax rises annually, heavily skewed towards the wealthiest in society.
This is sensible, workable...
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...while you've done that, in 2 Budgets Labour have found over £65bn of tax rises annually, heavily skewed towards the wealthiest in society.
This is sensible, workable...
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It might be Budget day, but other stuff also goes on...
The UK PM has today met with the new PM of Japan.
"The PM began by welcoming PM Sanae to the G20 grouping & thanked her for her strong signal of support for Ukraine through her attendance at the Coalition of the Willing."
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The UK PM has today met with the new PM of Japan.
"The PM began by welcoming PM Sanae to the G20 grouping & thanked her for her strong signal of support for Ukraine through her attendance at the Coalition of the Willing."
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PM meeting with Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae of Japan: 22 November 2025
The Prime Minister met the newly elected Prime Minister of Japan, Takaichi Sanae.
www.gov.uk
November 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
It might be Budget day, but other stuff also goes on...
The UK PM has today met with the new PM of Japan.
"The PM began by welcoming PM Sanae to the G20 grouping & thanked her for her strong signal of support for Ukraine through her attendance at the Coalition of the Willing."
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The UK PM has today met with the new PM of Japan.
"The PM began by welcoming PM Sanae to the G20 grouping & thanked her for her strong signal of support for Ukraine through her attendance at the Coalition of the Willing."
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Look at the impact the OBR early release of their Budget report has had on the market.
The morning 'peak' was just before the leak occured. Then a big drop.
The bottom of the trough? 12:35pm - the minute the Chancellor got to her feet and started speaking.
It's risen steadily since then.
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The morning 'peak' was just before the leak occured. Then a big drop.
The bottom of the trough? 12:35pm - the minute the Chancellor got to her feet and started speaking.
It's risen steadily since then.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Look at the impact the OBR early release of their Budget report has had on the market.
The morning 'peak' was just before the leak occured. Then a big drop.
The bottom of the trough? 12:35pm - the minute the Chancellor got to her feet and started speaking.
It's risen steadily since then.
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The morning 'peak' was just before the leak occured. Then a big drop.
The bottom of the trough? 12:35pm - the minute the Chancellor got to her feet and started speaking.
It's risen steadily since then.
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The OBR says that the VAT charge on private schools has raised more money than expected because fewer pupils have gone into the state sector
Never believe the Tories and their media.
Never believe the Tories and their media.
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The OBR says that the VAT charge on private schools has raised more money than expected because fewer pupils have gone into the state sector
Never believe the Tories and their media.
Never believe the Tories and their media.
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🚨 BREXIT BUDGET 🚨
"We've got almost £400 million back from dodgy pandemic spending and contracts."
"Tory contracts, handed out by Tory ministers to Tory peers and Tory donors. Well, that money belongs in our schools and in our hospitals."
"We've got almost £400 million back from dodgy pandemic spending and contracts."
"Tory contracts, handed out by Tory ministers to Tory peers and Tory donors. Well, that money belongs in our schools and in our hospitals."
November 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🚨 BREXIT BUDGET 🚨
"We've got almost £400 million back from dodgy pandemic spending and contracts."
"Tory contracts, handed out by Tory ministers to Tory peers and Tory donors. Well, that money belongs in our schools and in our hospitals."
"We've got almost £400 million back from dodgy pandemic spending and contracts."
"Tory contracts, handed out by Tory ministers to Tory peers and Tory donors. Well, that money belongs in our schools and in our hospitals."
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Responding to the chancellor’s #Budget2025 speech, Kemi Badenoch claimed unemployment has increased “every single month” under Labour.
As we’ve explained before, that’s not quite right.
As we’ve explained before, that’s not quite right.
Unemployment has risen under Labour - but it hasn’t gone up ‘every single month’ – Full Fact
We’ve looked into the numbers after claims from a number of Conservative MPs, including the party’s leader Kemi Badenoch.
fullfact.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Responding to the chancellor’s #Budget2025 speech, Kemi Badenoch claimed unemployment has increased “every single month” under Labour.
As we’ve explained before, that’s not quite right.
As we’ve explained before, that’s not quite right.
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Initial reaction on the budget:
Maintains investment & public spending as set out in the spending review.
More investment in some areas.
Help for those on lower incomes, with the cost of living and pensioners.
Tax increases on those who can afford it.
Overall: great stuff!
Maintains investment & public spending as set out in the spending review.
More investment in some areas.
Help for those on lower incomes, with the cost of living and pensioners.
Tax increases on those who can afford it.
Overall: great stuff!
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Initial reaction on the budget:
Maintains investment & public spending as set out in the spending review.
More investment in some areas.
Help for those on lower incomes, with the cost of living and pensioners.
Tax increases on those who can afford it.
Overall: great stuff!
Maintains investment & public spending as set out in the spending review.
More investment in some areas.
Help for those on lower incomes, with the cost of living and pensioners.
Tax increases on those who can afford it.
Overall: great stuff!