[arista]

The main elements in the Budget include:

[Up to 30 hours of free childcare for
youngsters aged over nine months if both
parents each earn less than £100,000.
Changes to Universal Credit to encourage
people to get back to work,
with more support for childcare;
The lifetime allowance on pensions
has been abolished altogether,
after complaints that many middle-earners were
finding it was not worth them working due
to tax penalties;
The energy bills guarantee is being extended
for another three months,
with prices likely to be lower by June anyway;
Fuel duty is being frozen for a
13th year in a row, and the
'temporary' 5p a litre cut is being maintained;
Alcohol duty will rise in line with inflation
from August and reforms to base the levy
on strength will go ahead - with bottles
of wine set to go up by around 45p,
but other drinks getting cheaper;
A 'Brexit pubs guarantee' will
see the duty on draught products in pubs
up to 11p lower than the duty in
supermarkets from August;
Businesses will be able to offset all
capital spending on IT and other equipment
against taxable profits for at least the
next three years;
Nuclear power will be classed as
'environmentally sustainable' which will give it
access to the same investment incentives
as renewable energy;
Defence spending is being increased by
£11billion over the next five years amid
the fallout from the Ukraine war;
There will be a £200million fund to tackle potholes
after a Daily Mail campaign.]


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...rk-Budget.html

[joeysteele]

A long winded non event.

Not really what people need in their lives at this time.

To be fair though, most budget speeches are disappointing.
Hunt however, near sent me to sleep.

He said finally at one point so I thought oh great.
Then over half an hour later he was still going on.

Most things are to take effect too far off in the future, there was very little for NOW.

[arista]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

A long winded non event.

Not really what people need in their lives at this time.

To be fair though, most budget speeches are disappointing.
Hunt however, near sent me to sleep.

He said finally at one point so I thought oh great.
Then over half an hour later he was still going on.

Most things are to take effect too far off in the future, there was very little for NOW.

Valid points Joey
by tomorrow some good points
should be on all media.

But in general not enough Real Time Investment

[arista]

2023 Budget: Key points:


The UK economy was 'proving the doubters wrong'
Forecasts suggest the UK will avoid falling
into previously expected recession this year.

OBR says inflation expected to fall from 10.7
per cent in December 2022 to 2.9 per cent by
the end of 2023.

Energy Price Guarantee to remain at £2,500
for three more months.

Charges for pre-payment meters will be brought
into line with those paid by direct debit customers.

Brexit Pubs Guarantee to keep alcohol levy lower
for draught drinks than supermarket cans and bottles.

But the cost of a bottle of wine will go up 45p.
Fuel duty will remain frozen for another 12 months.]

From DM Link

[Gusto Brunt]

I heard a Tory say if you're on Universal Credit and you're offered a job and you don't take it, then you will get sanctioned.

I thought people who were job seeking were looking for a job. I didn't know employers were offering jobs. Quite bizarre. How does it work? I am confused.

I was on the dole about 15 years ago, and I had to apply for jobs I wanted. But now it seems claimants are offered jobs????? Is this true?????????

Weird.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Gusto Brunt

I heard a Tory say if you're on Universal Credit and you're offered a job and you don't take it, then you will get sanctioned.

I thought people who were job seeking were looking for a job. I didn't know employers were offering jobs. Quite bizarre. How does it work? I am confused.

I was on the dole about 15 years ago, and I had to apply for jobs I wanted. But now it seems claimants are offered jobs????? Is this true?????????

Weird.

I think they can offer you jobs that if they fit your skillset people would have to take, I am not against this per se as long as its a job that you can either be trained into or have some experience in and it is within the persons capabilities and the pay is decent, and it is not used as a way to get cheap labour

[Gusto Brunt]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I think they can offer you jobs that if they fit your skillset people would have to take, I am not against this per se as long as its a job that you can either be trained into or have some experience in and it is within the persons capabilities and the pay is decent, and it is not used as a way to get cheap labour

Yes, but if they're offering a job, then surely the employer needs to know who they're hiring???

The employer has to be assured this person being 'offered the job' will fit in and actually do the job.

The way the MP said it was as if there are loads of jobs being offered without interview or even the employer knowing who they're hiring.

I think a better way of putting it is they show you jobs that yes, like you said, fit your skillset, and it's up to you to go to the interview and try to get the job.

So no actual 'start on Monday' jobs are being offered

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SkyNewsHD
Westminster

PM Sunak just had a 40mins meeting
with the 1922 Committee
MP's leaving it were all jolly.

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[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Gusto Brunt

I heard a Tory say if you're on Universal Credit and you're offered a job and you don't take it, then you will get sanctioned.

I thought people who were job seeking were looking for a job. I didn't know employers were offering jobs. Quite bizarre. How does it work? I am confused.

I was on the dole about 15 years ago, and I had to apply for jobs I wanted. But now it seems claimants are offered jobs????? Is this true?????????

Weird.

Originally Posted by Cherie

I think they can offer you jobs that if they fit your skillset people would have to take, I am not against this per se as long as its a job that you can either be trained into or have some experience in and it is within the persons capabilities and the pay is decent, and it is not used as a way to get cheap labour

Maybe it means like, if someone interviews for a retail job or something lol just to meet their job-seeking obligations but tries to not get it on purpose because they don't really want it (retail), but the employer offers them a job anyway? If they turn down a job they're recorded as having applied and interviewed for, it would look fishy.

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From SkyNews:

[The government will abolish the work capability
assessment for disabled people and
separate benefit entitlement from
an individual's ability to work.
The aim is to enable disabled people to seek work
without fear of losing their benefits.
A new programme called universal support will also
fund extra support for disabled people to find work.

A new apprenticeship, called a returnership,
will be created for those aged 50
and older wanting to return to work.
Mr Hunt said it will make existing skills
programmes more appealing for older workers
and focus on previous experience.

An extra £400m will increase mental health
and musculoskeletal workplace support
to stop people being forced to leave
work due to sickness.]

https://news.sky.com/story/budget-20...peech-12834167

[arista]

Also, From SkyNews Site:

[As corporation tax on profits over £250,000
is due to rise from 19% to 25% in April,
businesses will be able to offset 100%
of UK investments against their profits
to bring down tax bills.
The OBR said it will increase business investment
by 3% for every year.
Mr Hunt announced the measure for the
next three years but intends to make
it permanent "as soon as we
can responsibly do so".

An "enhanced credit" has been introduced
for small and medium-sized businesses
if they spend 40% or more of their
total expenditure on research and development.
They can claim credit worth £27
for every £100 spent.

As expected, the government is extending
the energy price guarantee (EPG),
which keeps the average
household bill at £2,500 until the end
of June by capping
the unit price of electricity.
The typical bill was due to rise to
£3,000 from 1 April.
Under the EPG the government effectively
caps household costs and reimburses energy
companies for the difference between that,
and the cost of buying power on wholesale markets.

The energy rebate scheme - paid direct
to customers in six instalments of
£66 and £67 a month - has not been extended
and will end this month.

The so-called "prepayment premium", whereby
those using prepayment meters are charged
more for their gas and electricity,
will be scrapped from July, enabling four
million families to save £45 a year on their bills.

Investment zones

Twelve new investment zones or
"potential Canary Wharfs" will be
eligible for £80m in funding to boost
business there,
with at least one each in Scotland,
Wales and Northern Ireland.

The ones in England are: Greater Manchester,
West Midlands, North East, South Yorkshire,
West Yorkshire, East Midlands,
Teesside, and Liverpool.

There will also be £200m extra funding
for local regeneration projects.

other

An extra £200m a year - in addition to
the £500m already allocated - will be
made available to tackle "the curse" of potholes.

Public leisure centres and pools will share
a £63m fund to help with costs.

From next year medicines and technologies
approved by other trusted global regulators will
be eligible for "near automatic" sign-off.

defence

Defence spending will rise an extra £11bn
over the next five years.
The defence budget is currently about £50bn.

Up to £600m in tax relief on energy efficiency
measures has been announced for businesses,
in a bid to reduce energy use by 15%.

Nuclear power will be classed as
"environmentally sustainable" to
grow investment in the sector.

The government plans for a quarter
of electricity to be nuclear-powered by 2050.
To that end Great British Nuclear
has been created - with the aim
to "bring down costs and
provide opportunities across the
nuclear supply chain".]


https://news.sky.com/story/budget-20...peech-12834167

[joeysteele]

As usual at the time and on the surface, this looked a less contentious budget.

However once you look at the far off delays of implementation and dig deeper
It turns more to the nothing really for now and more sour .

[Soldier Boy]

Does anyone else find it somewhat hilarious when they proudly announce that they're saving people "£45 a year", "£150 a year" etc. on various things?

I mean come on, even rich Tories must know that's not worth mentioning? £3.75 a month . Come on.

[Zizu]

I can’t believe that wet lettuce ever gets employed in the first place


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[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

Does anyone else find it somewhat hilarious when they proudly announce that they're saving people "£45 a year", "£150 a year" etc. on various things?

I mean come on, even rich Tories must know that's not worth mentioning? £3.75 a month . Come on.

Both hilarious and annoying SB.