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Originally Posted by Ammi

…all a nation needs after years of austerity and struggling is to see so many job cuts and so much targeting of the most vulnerable, this really does betray what the party have stood for and atm its shaming them horrendously…Kier Starmer has pledged a huge investment and attention to potholes and their much needed repair…and yes, they have needed repair but when people lose their jobs/are cut from their jobs, they can’t afford to travel or even run a car so those potholes become less and less an investment needed…

I fully accept they inherited the worst possible of any government since the war.

However IF you need to break pledges or have to take more urgent action..
Then for me, the one to break is income tax.

None of this bits here and there, bringing in uncertainty and getting sections of communities and businesses backs up.
Just put income tax up,even for just for 3 to 4 years.
Then look at reducing it again when probable.

No one will like it but realising that would be the only change for a while could have been more palatable.
I've never understood why Parties won't say they'll put up income tax.
We never know what's round the corner and when circumstances may require changes to it.

The Con manifesto of 2019 PROMISED national insurance would never rise under Johnson.
Then he did put it up.
An income tax rise across the board, would give all and more Reeves may need.
I certainly wouldn't object to paying a small percentage extra in tax.