[arista]

Report on BBC
says its similar to what Ed Miliband had as a idea.

Making The whole of the UK
get money for improvements.



[Chancellor hints budget will loosen
purse strings after years of austerity
The budget will look to reward voters
who ousted their Labour MPs with
spending focused in the Midlands and the North.]


[The budget, Mr Javid's first as chancellor
, is aimed at sending a clear signal
that the UK is open for
business and investing
in its infrastructure and
regions outside London.]


https://news.sky.com/story/chancello...ehind-11902600

[Livia]

Originally Posted by arista

Report on BBC
says its similar to what Ed Miliband had as a idea.

Making The whole of the UK
get money for improvements.



[Chancellor hints budget will loosen
purse strings after years of austerity
The budget will look to reward voters
who ousted their Labour MPs with
spending focused in the Midlands and the North.]


[The budget, Mr Javid's first as chancellor
, is aimed at sending a clear signal
that the UK is open for
business and investing
in its infrastructure and
regions outside London.]


https://news.sky.com/story/chancello...ehind-11902600

Presumably they're not having it carved on a big bit of stone, though.

[Toy Soldier]

I'm in two minds about the spending promises. On the one hand, the North of England has been neglected for so long in favour of the South that it's LONG past due extra funding. On the other hand, I don't think "rewarding the people who voted you in" is how government spending should work. Once elected, the government needs to represent ALL of the public equally, whether they voted for them or not.

[Kizzy]

The visual metaphor of the stone won't be necessary, the tories will u turn, backtrack and extend the timescales on any promises made anyway.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

The visual metaphor of the stone won't be necessary, the tories will u turn, backtrack and extend the timescales on any promises made anyway.

We will see.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51011000

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

The visual metaphor of the stone won't be necessary, the tories will u turn, backtrack and extend the timescales on any promises made anyway.

Budget will be decreased, they'll blame the EU most likely. I do think Boris will "reward" the North for voting him in though, to maintain this new "party of the people" illusion.

[Twosugars]

Are we in the sunny uplands of brexit yet?

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Budget will be decreased, they'll blame the EU most likely. I do think Boris will "reward" the North for voting him in though, to maintain this new "party of the people" illusion.

Reward them with what, a reinstatement of a portion of the cuts over the last 10yrs? :/
While they syphon off other public funding for pointless ventures like HS2?
Of course whatever he does will be seen as a gift from some benevolent master... pffft!!

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Reward them with what, a reinstatement of a portion of the cuts over the last 10yrs? :/

People have short memories.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

Are we in the sunny uplands of brexit yet?

of course not

[Oliver_W]

Sounds pretty good to me. Hope they follow through with it. From what I hear Boris was great as the Mayor, so no reason he won't be.

[Crimson Dynamo]

So everyone isnt getting free broadband then?

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

The visual metaphor of the stone won't be necessary, the tories will u turn, backtrack and extend the timescales on any promises made anyway.

How long did it take... 6 weeks?

'Poorer areas that delivered*Boris Johnson’s election triumph are facing fresh cuts to local services – as funds are switched to wealthy Southern shires instead.

Hundreds of millions of pounds will be diverted*because of a new formulawhich significantly downgrades the importance of*deprivation*in assessing need, an analysis shows.'

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ind...281.html%3famp

[arista]

Now with a change and new Chancellor
Rishi Shunak
the first budget may be delayed,

[Twosugars]

Infrastructure revolution

Fantasy bridge and ridiculously expensive train line, 300 mln per mile? Bless

[arista]

The Budget now confirmed to stay
on the 11th of march


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishi_Sunak

The New Chancellor

[Kizzy]

Austerity is carved in stone here before we even see the budget. It'll be 1p of a pint of beer! There you go proles drink hearty and kill yourselves.

[arista]

Give this New Fella
a chance
Kizzy.

[arista]

[The upcoming Budget,
saying Chancellor Rishi Sunak will
unveil new laws
to protect the right to use cash.
The move will aim to ensure
that people who rely on cash,
such as vulnerable groups and
local communities around the UK,
can access it as and when they need it.]

[arista]

This weds Rishi
changes the UK.

[arista]

[Interview with Chancellor Rishi Sunak,
ahead of his first Budget on Wednesday,
in which he promises "targeted" help for
businesses and workers to "get through to the
other side" of an economic downturn in the event of an epidemic.]

[michael21]

He needs to give a date on when we can chuck the old Ł20 notes in the bin new one only for me

[Braden]

Rishi sounds like Tony Blair with a lisp.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Braden

Rishi sounds like Tony Blair with a lisp.

Yes he does a bit

[arista]

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