I would like a new energy efficient boiler where do I sign up for free cash towards it

if you write me a cheque for 10k i will make sure your name ends up on the list :douf:

:laugh:

apply next week

Yes sad for them.

[A Jobs Retention Bonus, giving £1,000 to businesses
who bring back employees from furlough
A temporary VAT cut for hospitality
and tourism - down from 20% to 5%
An "Eat Out to Help Out" scheme for August,
giving a discount to people eating at cafes, restaurants and pubs
A rise in the threshold of stamp duty from £125,000 to £500,000
A "kickstart scheme" to get unemployed 16 to 24-year-old into work
New payments for businesses hiring apprentices ]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-53333253

Mortgage payments are generally cheaper than rent, not everyone who has bought a house is rich :shrug:

I didn't say that homeowners are rich - I said the people who are struggling the most are not property owners. Yes, mortgage payments are often lower than rent, but you need a half-decent income to secure a mortgage in the first place. Owning property isn't even on the radar for people who are unemployed or insecurely/intermittently employed, or for those on disability unless they have another source of income.

I think he's struck on paper a reasonable continuance of what's in place and done as much as possible, to strike a balance of looking to build the economy again.

If that needs to be done at this particular time, is debatable.

I fear there's a reigning in of him now starting to rear it's head.
Rishi Sunak for me has done really well so far.

Personally, I remain more concerned on the lives and health of people.
I don't think a price should be put on that.

As with budgets from all Parties.
A lot sounds good on the surface.
The presentation was certainly very good.
However the detail, maybe less so.
I doubt this will make much difference thoughI hope it will, however also doubt 'real ' jobs will be saved for long.

Also though, Labour needs to now to offer an alternative.
Personally, my thoughts are this is designed to just get people out and spending.
At this time, with the virus still claiming hundreds of lives a week.
With still no adequate testing really being done.

This budget and its plans may be premature.

More safety, security and still the help in place, is needed.
As they said in March.
No one should be penalised for doing the right thing.

I hope this Chancellor still now will battle on with that stance, no matter the pressures from his Party's other sources.

I'd also like to add.
How I wish Rishi Sunak was in fact the PM in this government.

I think he represents the better side of the Tory party at present.
Him dictating overall policy, would be much more welcome to me.

I wonder if all those who hate this government will return the £500 gift they have offered?:hehe:

What £500 gift????

There's up to around £10 off a meal in August, Monday to Wednesday on a half price deal..to get people eating out.

Where's the gift of £ 500 you're on about for all.

Anyway, I doubt the Tory voters who hated Labour would have ever returned the winter fuel allowance brought in by them.

Sunak doesn't implement anything that Boris hasn't approved, so I don't get this idea that he is better than anyone else in the government. He is implementing Boris's wishes

Yes that's why they have him there.

You've far more faith in Johnson than I ever will for sure.

Johnson, in my view, has gone along with Sunak's plans, at times seeming to not even know what they were.

He had to rely on a more compassionate approach once this pandemic hit.

I think Sunak is much more his own person.
He knows what was necessary and was given the free reign, for the present.

If you really believe Chancellor's and PMs aren't at odds with each other, you're mistaken.
Governments are riddled with Chancellors at odds with the Leaders and Cabinets.

Tony Blair desperately wanted to join the Euro.
His Chancellor Gordon Brown flatly refused.

Geoffrey Howe, even came to be at odds with Thatcher.

I doubt Johnson, deep down, has ever wanted to see done what's already been done by Sunak.
I still believe Sunak will eventually be reigned in.

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/07...4238107775.jpg
[The Chancellor Rishi Sunak speaks with diners
during a visit to a Wagamama restaurant in central London]

Janet Street Porter:
[Smooth talking Dishi Rishi is blessed with natural salesmanship,
able to deliver a summer economic statement
(in a country with no cash left in the bank and in debt up to it's ears)
and make it sound like he's giving away thousands
of cash prizes to lucky winners on the Lottery.

He's blessed with the smooth delivery,
the heartfelt good intentions and the
500-watt gleaming smile of a game show host.

It might seem churlish to point out that these
exciting 'offers'- discounts here and there for
dinner dates, grants for trainees, incentives for
employers to take on the unskilled young,
and a new army of careers advisors,
all fail to address the big question
facing the government.
What kind of economy will really benefit
the UK in the long run?]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...try-Rishi.html