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Old 25-04-2017, 04:01 PM #76
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Will they tease voters with this and then if elected never implement it? most likely.
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Could do just that, the same as the £10 an hour minimum wage.
The country would be heading for bankruptcy, so many small businesses could not afford it.
Nice thought, but we have to live in the real world. You can't have your cake and eat it.
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Could do just that, the same as the £10 an hour minimum wage.
The country would be heading for bankruptcy, so many small businesses could not afford it.
Nice thought, but we have to live in the real world. You can't have your cake and eat it.
How can anyone survive on £7.50 an hour? That's £296.25 for a 39.5 hour week after tax and NI.

Fine if you are living with your parents but if you are on your own and burdened with essential costs such as Rent, council tax, energy bills, food shopping, travel fares; you simply can't survive. You certainly won't be buying cake to eat!!
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How can anyone survive on £7.50 an hour? That's £296.25 for a 39.5 hour week after tax and NI.

Fine if you are living with your parents but if you are on your own and burdened with essential costs such as Rent, council tax, energy bills, food shopping, travel fares; you simply can't survive. You certainly won't be buying cake to eat!!

Excellent points.

I see no reason why Labour would not honour the £10 min wage.
They never turned back on bringing a minimum wage in,despite the Conservatives being totally against it and all saying companies could not afford a minimum wage.
All which proved to be rubbish.

As for extra Bank Holidays. It's not that many more and we have far less than some other Nations.
This is 2 good moves of Labour.
Far better than the ugly threats of the Conservatives towards the sick,disabled and weakest of society for sure, that unbelievably gets support as people vote Conservative.

If people support May and her hoods doing that no wonder they won't support a decent minimum wage and a few more Bank Holidays.
That speaks volumes.
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They're already pushing towards a £9 an hour minimum wage, I don't see how the extra £1 suddenly means that "small businesses would be bankrupt" (if they wouldn't already under current Tory plans)...

But yeah, if it's impossible to live on the minimum wage then something has gone very wrong with an economy. Of course, the two major factors that currently make it impossible - in my opinion - are not the wage levels themselves, but rather, sky-high cost of essentials. Private rent, utility bills, fuel. Those are the things that make it impossible.

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Er... soon to be ex council home actually

If you want grown up debate then treat others on the forum with a bit of respect your patronising tones are wearing mighty thin.
Ex-council home, eh? Taking advantage of the Conservative's Right to Buy?

I made my comment simply because you're a Labour supporter, and I think that you know that. You chose to take it as a patronising slur on your class and house. The chip on your shoulder is the thing that's wearing mighty thin.
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How can anyone survive on £7.50 an hour? That's £296.25 for a 39.5 hour week after tax and NI.

Fine if you are living with your parents but if you are on your own and burdened with essential costs such as Rent, council tax, energy bills, food shopping, travel fares; you simply can't survive. You certainly won't be buying cake to eat!!
I don't disagree with a rise in minimum wages, I just think a 25% in one go would be hard to handle for some smaller business.
As long as it is staggered I have absolutely no problem with it going even higher than the £10 mentioned.
As to the cake, it was the politicians that can't have their cake and eat it, not us mere voters.
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