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How would you help George Osborne distribute the cuts in spending?

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  • Gorgeous_George
    Gorgeous_George Posts: 7,964 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Does the PM, Gideon Osborne and the rest of the odd couples pay tax on their grace and favour homes?

    Move Parliament to a converted multi story car park in the midlands and convert the House of Commons into luxury flats. That should raise a few quid.

    GG
    There are 10 types of people in this world. Those who understand binary and those that don't.
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Gorgeous_George wrote: »
    Does the PM, Gideon Osborne and the rest of the odd couples pay tax on their grace and favour homes?

    Move Parliament to a converted multi story car park in the midlands and convert the House of Commons into luxury flats. That should raise a few quid.

    GG


    This one in Gatehead will do and a listed building just like the one in Westminster icon7.gif

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    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    1984ReturnsForReal wrote: »
    So long as you don't squeak I am sure you will qualify for the X-Mas bonus. A Goose.


    Oh no. I bruise easily.
  • robin_banks
    robin_banks Posts: 15,778 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Defence, slash it.

    As we are an island I'm not sure why we need the biggest landforce in Europe.
    "An arrogant and self-righteous Guardian reading tvv@t".

    !!!!!! is all that about?
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    chucky wrote: »
    so let me get this right - you think people should be charged for breeding but think that people that can't or won't have children won't have any benefit from being in this situation...

    how's that for a straw-man that you don't have an answer for :T

    I dont think being charged was suggested. The current system actually pays people to have children, and for many at a higher rate than getting a job. That is wrong.
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    bigheadxx wrote: »
    I had a leaflet from school today telling me how to make a packed lunch!!!! Do we really need to spend taxpayers money on something like this?

    Was it in 15 different languages?
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    Prudent wrote: »
    I think the sabbaticals is a very good idea. I work in the public sector and would happily take one. Several of my colleagues would take one too.

    So many of the suggestions on this thread are actually just good commonsense .. with the potential for massive savings.

    If your department can get on happily without you for 6 months, why the bloody hell are they employing you in the first place. sort of sums up publc sector non jobs really.
  • kabayiri
    kabayiri Posts: 22,740 Forumite
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    ILW wrote: »
    Was it in 15 different languages?
    That's so 1997.

    Want to take a guess at how many different languages next year's Census booklets will be available in?

    A clue : Brucey says 'higher'
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    bigheadxx wrote: »
    I had a leaflet from school today telling me how to make a packed lunch!!!! Do we really need to spend taxpayers money on something like this?

    Obviously some have failed this rigourous test otherwise they wouldn't send it out icon7.gif hope it wasn't you.
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    I think councils should be banned from sending me a glossy magazine 2 or 3 times a year saying what a great job they are doing.
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