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Keir Starmer at it again..

Nice one, thanks mate. I couldn't make it add up.

Still means that it's not just the little guy paying the bill. £1bn is £1bn.
They'll either put prices up, or take it out of their budget for wage increases. It won't come out of their profits. They may well pay the bill, but they'll be getting the money off us
 
They'll either put prices up, or take it out of their budget for wage increases. It won't come out of their profits. They may well pay the bill, but they'll be getting the money off us
Fuck Tesco, it's cultural places that are going to find it difficult. I know someone who works at Nottingham Playhouse and they reckon this could increase their annual wage bill by £100k, which is shitloads for them
 
The Establishment will undoubtedly rig the tables just like they do in education. Will there be a published count of managers and consultants with associated salaries? Will there be a list of providers and how much they take for things like computer and drug contracts? Will there f***.
 
I'm still a bit miffed that income tax bands haven't changed. Labour are hardly not taxing working people more when wage growth and static tax bands means everyone working pays more tax.
 
All those farmers protesting...
Are they the same ones who had UKIP posters and signs in their fields all over Hereford a few years ago (and then got screwed).
And Reform posters and signs in their fields a few months ago.
Lacking sympathy.
 
You've missed being weaponised by the likes of Clarkson and Dyson off your list.
 
All those farmers protesting...
Are they the same ones who had UKIP posters and signs in their fields all over Hereford a few years ago (and then got screwed).
And Reform posters and signs in their fields a few months ago.
Lacking sympathy.
Did they gleefully take Common Agricultural Policy subsidies to maintain their poisoned landscape?
Did they criticise urban workers for having UK government subsidies in the past?
And, did they support Brexit but then found they couldn't get cheap workers from places like Romania to exploit?
If they blockade our right to use the highways freely and they protest without a permit then set the police on them like they did other 'subjects' and kettle them until their pips squeak.
**** em!
 
All those farmers protesting...
Are they the same ones who had UKIP posters and signs in their fields all over Hereford a few years ago (and then got screwed).
And Reform posters and signs in their fields a few months ago.
Lacking sympathy.
Are these the same farmers who implored us to 'Buy British' whilst they purchased Renault tractors and Volvo estates?
 
Perhaps our wonderful Buy British farmers might comment about reports like this:


I don't give a **** about the cheese but I do care about the lies and ignorance demonstrated by UK farmers and other Brexiteers.
 
Wes Streeting looking at 'financial implications' of assisted dying to the NHS. The bellends bellend.
 
Wes Streeting looking at 'financial implications' of assisted dying to the NHS. The bellends bellend.
Well, I guess he would need to consider the salaries, start up costs and potential gains and losses. These might include:

* a preliminary review led by a well compensated team of 'worthies' and mates
* an investigation of alternatives and varying methods
* a consultation exercise with concerned interest groups such as each and every ****ing religion because of the way our cultural heritage would change
* a research group to be sent to each of say, five countries at different stages in similar discussions
* a technology systems and database project which would take years just like our medical records
* a legal review of potential conflicts, ethics and necessary law changes
* a first step of setting up a consultative process with the royal family so they can check the effects on their duchies etc. And a final step of the same
* a consultative process with media moghuls
* costing of new senior managers and consultants in every health district and hospital of the NHS and the same for private health providers
* investigation of the potential loss of income due to people dying too young and then not contributing to future profits in hospitals, eg buying drugs, having operations or meeting consultants, etc
* costing of specialised construction projects and facilities eg admissions departments and special rooms, and costing of junior staff to deal with this new sub group of patients
* consultation exercise with funerary directors because of 'potential issues'
* time and money costs of delaying other projects due to prioritisation of this new demand
* checking with the Treasury on costing

Repeat of all this each year in the first five years followed by in depth reviews every five years ad nauseum.

In other words, not doing his job, wasting scarce time and money, and just being a typical waster deferring to powerful others instead of doing his ****ing job.
 
Farmers taking over the news again today. I've got mixed thoughts. I think, like the WFA cut, that the principle is the right one but they've probably been a bit too aggressive with the line, and if they have done impact assessments then they're clearly not massively favourable else they'd have been published.

Clearly the land and assets are valuable, but as businesses they're not exactly drowning in profit, meaning that sales will need to happen in order to pay the IHT, even with the favourable terms.

If they're going after the investors who buy farm land specifically to circumnavigate tax then this is too blunt a tool I think. You'll end up with farms selling land and leasing it back, and then once again the only winners are wealthy investors.
 
How about the government allows farmers to build affordable housing on a tiny proportion of their land in order to settle inheritance tax bills?
Helps with locally needed homes for the young, helps with housing targets and helps with the financing of public services.
The poor paper millionaires will be able to keep the vast majority of their land.
You can put strict conditions in place so it isn’t abused.
 
How about the government allows farmers to build affordable housing on a tiny proportion of their land in order to settle inheritance tax bills?
Helps with locally needed homes for the young, helps with housing targets and helps with the financing of public services.
The poor paper millionaires will be able to keep the vast majority of their land.
You can put strict conditions in place so it isn’t abused.

I like the premise but might not work location wise for small housing developments - a lot of farm land won't have any service connections, could be along way from schools and other amenities. Probably better sold off for small, high end property development and using Section 106 agreements to secure funding for more beneficial investment.

Also got implications for the farms themselves though - their margins are tiny so if you're taking bits of land off them every time it's passed from one generation to another then how long before the farm ceases being profitable? You're going to lose efficiencies of scale eventually and end up with a still vast estate that's essentially dead land.
 
Farmers taking over the news again today. I've got mixed thoughts. I think, like the WFA cut, that the principle is the right one but they've probably been a bit too aggressive with the line, and if they have done impact assessments then they're clearly not massively favourable else they'd have been published.

Clearly the land and assets are valuable, but as businesses they're not exactly drowning in profit, meaning that sales will need to happen in order to pay the IHT, even with the favourable terms.

If they're going after the investors who buy farm land specifically to circumnavigate tax then this is too blunt a tool I think. You'll end up with farms selling land and leasing it back, and then once again the only winners are wealthy investors.
Similar to the principles they've tried to implement around CGT rules. Unfortunately, the people they want to target have the resources to find out how to circumvent any new legislation that arises.
 
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