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| 21. Author: Parboiled Date: Wed 4th Sep 2024. 14:13 A poor light Eck? Cast your eyes over the SNP ranks. For many of them the lights are on but nobody’s home. Reply |
| 22. Author: wee eck Date: Wed 4th Sep 2024. 14:19 You could say that about any MPs or MSPs in the UK. As you`ve demonstrated countless times with your posts on here you think anything Scottish is inherently inferior. I`m not sure you`re that bright yourself. ETA - Starmer addressed Sunak as `Prime Minister` at least four times at PMQs today! Post Edited (Wed 04 Sep 14:26) Reply |
| 23. Author: jake89 Date: Wed 4th Sep 2024. 15:39 Why woulda done want an election right now when there`s one in 18 months anyway? Reply |
| 24. Author: desparado Date: Fri 6th Sep 2024. 11:40 Topic Originator: The One Who Knocks Date: Wed 4 Sep 12:27 I think everyone needs to be a taxed a bit more to help fund the services we rely on. A little bit for those in the lower income tax bracket and increasing the take for those on the upper tax bands. Same goes for council tax. Band A and B see a small increase in their contributions and increasing the percentage as we go through the bands. Broadest shoulders and all that. Scot gov have done this and were slaughtered by the media. How often did we hear ministers in WM bang on about Scotland being the “ highest taxed part of the U.K.” ? Most folk actually pay slightly less in Scotland but why let the truth get in the way of a Scot Gov story. In answers to Jake89 post. My understanding is that Scot gov do not have to send any underspend back. They had a surplus a couple of years back and were slaughtered for not spending it. They carried it over to the next years budget. Maybe you are thinking about the Jack McConnel days when there was a 1£Billion underspend and the then Labour Scot gov sent it back as they “ could not think of anything to spend it on “. I mean they did build six council houses so I suppose that might explain it ! What an opportunity we missed in 2014. Reply |
| 25. Author: The One Who Knocks Date: Fri 6th Sep 2024. 13:11 I read today about the 16 million budget black hole in the Fife Council budget this year. Apparently 1.9 million can be raised by a 1% increase in council tax. A minimum 5% increase should be implemented as soon as possible or even more for those living in the higher bands. And although my eyes were open They just might as well be closed Reply |
| 26. Author: ipswichpar Date: Fri 6th Sep 2024. 13:41 I`m even more annoyed about CT banding. I took ours to tribunal as it`s clearly wrong, along with a bunch of others in our village. The chair came across at the end and said "That`s the most compelling and best presented case I`ve ever seen." And still ruled against us. I dont know what`s gone on, other than it being related to the age of the houses. There are houses in the next village worth double ours, with much more land and are in band D. We`ve got houses in our village that are much smaller and "cheaper" but are in band G. System is absolutely broken. Reply |
| 27. Author: jake89 Date: Fri 6th Sep 2024. 13:51 SG can underspend but isn`t supposed to overspend. It also doesn`t know how much money it will receive from central government as that is under the control of Westminster. As a result of a lower than expected "grant", it appears we`ll be back to council TV as the Netflix is getting cancelled. My personal view on tax is that people should be happy to pay more to get good services. Unfortunately, we don`t receive them. My understanding is a big issue is paying interest on legacy debts. That means a tonne of your tax goes to paying the interest on the credit card. Every person in Fife has the equivalent of £3000 or council debt. Reply |
| 28. Author: LochgellyAlbert Date: Sat 7th Sep 2024. 16:22 A vote coming next about the winter fuel payment, let`s see what Labour MP`S have the balls?🤔 Reply |
| 29. Author: The One Who Knocks Date: Sat 7th Sep 2024. 17:13 I reckon enough will placated by the fact that the triple lock is seeing the pension going up by an inflation busting percentage next year. And although my eyes were open They just might as well be closed Reply |
| 30. Author: Andrew283 Date: Sat 7th Sep 2024. 17:38 The One Who Knocks, Sat 7 Sep 17:13 Yeah, I`m not getting a pension, the triple lock needs absolutely binned. Reply |
| 31. Author: LochgellyAlbert Date: Sat 7th Sep 2024. 18:01 The One Who Knocks, Sat 7 Sept 17:13 A whole £400 for a year, whoopy f*cking doo!🤔🤬 Reply |
| 32. Author: ipswichpar Date: Sat 7th Sep 2024. 18:50 What do you think is a reasonable number LA? Reply |
| 33. Author: LochgellyAlbert Date: Sat 7th Sep 2024. 19:38 ipswichpar, Sat 7 Sept 18:50 Minimum wage for pensioners? Lowest pension in the Western world and the highest age to qualify, been suggested that the age be increased. Yet another reason for Brexit, UK being told to increase payments in line with other EU countries! Reply |
| 34. Author: The One Who Knocks Date: Sat 7th Sep 2024. 21:45 Some pensioners do have it tough but some are like the woman with a Virginia ham under her arm, crying the blues because she has no bread. And although my eyes were open They just might as well be closed Reply |
| 35. Author: jake89 Date: Sat 7th Sep 2024. 22:35 Shouldn`t matter if a pensioner is rich or poor. If they spent 40 years working they deserve it. The joke in this country is we all keep putting money in but then are supposed to be grateful when we get some of it back. Years of cuts (before even the Tories) forced borrowing and now it`s costing a fortune to pay those debts back. Reply |
| 36. Author: Andrew283 Date: Sun 8th Sep 2024. 00:35 Pension 100% needs means tested. Should Bojo and Gary Lineker get a pension? Get in the sea. Guarantee you could cut 20-30% off the budget removing the wealthy. Reply |
| 37. Author: wee eck Date: Sun 8th Sep 2024. 00:46 Isn`t means-testing quite expensive to administer? Anyway Lineker and Johnson, when eligible for the state pension, will be paying tax on it at the highest rate which mitigates the cost a bit. There was a suggestion that the Winter Fuel Allowance should be taxed to mitigate its cost rather than means-test it. Reply |
| 38. Author: Andrew283 Date: Sun 8th Sep 2024. 02:23 wee eck, Sun 8 Sep 00:46 Tbh they should be forced to pay into the system? Sorry but anyone that has 1,000,000+ in investments should get nothing in return. Reply |
| 39. Author: LochgellyAlbert Date: Sun 8th Sep 2024. 11:29 The wealthy find other ways to save it, Sunak paying 21% tax on his income was a bit of an eye opener. The DWP was supposed to be getting access to people`s bank accounts under the Tories, don`t know if Labour are still doing it? Reply |
| 40. Author: DBA Date: Sun 8th Sep 2024. 23:41 Andrew283, Sun 8 Sept 02:23 As mentioned, the costs of administering any means testing system far outweighs the savings. It`s decades of financial mismanagement that`s got us here, and the current UK government show no signs of fixing that trend so far. Reply |