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Budget 2010
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ISA limit is 10,200 from april as previously announced but will be indexed linked in future
Marvellous. So next year the limit will be £10,512.27!!!
Can you imagine the confusion - 300 posts a day on the subject.In case you hadn't already worked it out - the entire global financial system is predicated on the assumption that you're an idiot:cool:0 -
Cider up 10%!?
Sjay is gonna be livid!
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Government is setting up a new national bank... tis back to the 70's.“The ideas of debtor and creditor as to what constitutes a good time never coincide.”
― P.G. Wodehouse, Love Among the Chickens0 -
Graham_Devon wrote: »Cider up 10%!?
Sjay is gonna be livid!
Lets hope it stoles some of the poles getting wasted in the woods on cheap cider 0 -
Summary.....
Revenue better than expected, borrowing lower than expected.
Stamp duty suspended for 2 years under 250K for FTB's.
Otherwise, soak the rich, keep spending up, protect recovery.
Little new or innovative here.
And Cameron now standing up complaining that Labour are stealing all the Tories ideas.“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
My own conclusions, after listening to a bit of the budget, and reading more from Hamish, is that either party will now call an emergency budget after getting elected.
Darling said this would not be a give away budget. But it certainly isn't a take budget either.
There doesn't seem to be much here which is actually bringing in more income. If there is a rise, it seems to only offset a reduction in other areas.
After the warnings about this not being a give away budget I was expecting some rather larger increases, such as the 10% cider one. Definately wasn't expecting them to u-turn on the fuel duty, and was expecting far more on alcohol and fags.
There must surely be some catches here....if not, I'd bank on an emergency budget if labour return to power.0 -
anyone heard anything about university funding and cuts etc?
just want a rough idea how long i'll be unemployed for when the next govt rolls in 0 -
anyone heard anything about university funding and cuts etc?
just want a rough idea how long i'll be unemployed for when the next govt rolls in
It's in the earlier posts......;)“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
They are planning to provide funding for 20,000 science, maths and engineering places.
Apart from that, they are putting a small amount of money into research, and expecting universities to have 'efficiency cuts' that are absolutly huge - but unspecified in the actual speach.
The truth is, misskool, you are pretty stuffed.“The ideas of debtor and creditor as to what constitutes a good time never coincide.”
― P.G. Wodehouse, Love Among the Chickens0 -
The BBC's political editor Nick Robinson declares it a Budget short on economic announcements, but long on party political statements.
From Nick Robinson, that's pretty harsh!0
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