Budget March 2021
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 1:15 pm
Extending furlough, help to buy etc etc
R&D tax relief too, plus visa reforms for highly skilled migrants
R&D tax relief too, plus visa reforms for highly skilled migrants
Only for a bit, despite all the spending, this is still a very Tory budget, designed to help business, rather than people. After the Covid spending is finished people might notice there's very little being done for the public services they need, and they've just got an effective tax hike. Putting some treasury departments in Darlington won't hide that.
If business is booming then enough people will have enough money in their pockets to not worry about public services.monkey wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 4:26 pmOnly for a bit, despite all the spending, this is still a very Tory budget, designed to help business, rather than people. After the Covid spending is finished people might notice there's very little being done for the public services they need, and they've just got an effective tax hike. Putting some treasury departments in Darlington won't hide that.
But some people do like the sizzle more than the sausage.
Why do think I'm making a choice? I generally find that people like to have money in their pocket, *and* decent social care/bins collected/etc. The IFS seem to agree with me too clickyplodder wrote: ↑Thu Mar 04, 2021 8:16 amIf business is booming then enough people will have enough money in their pockets to not worry about public services.monkey wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 4:26 pmOnly for a bit, despite all the spending, this is still a very Tory budget, designed to help business, rather than people. After the Covid spending is finished people might notice there's very little being done for the public services they need, and they've just got an effective tax hike. Putting some treasury departments in Darlington won't hide that.
But some people do like the sizzle more than the sausage.
If business is not booming then enough people will not have enough money in their pockets and they will then need to worry about public services.
I am very suspicious of people who prefer the latter.