50 word Moneyfesto - Small changes for a big difference 2013

joe91_2

Do not allow International Firms to export Profits without payment of Taxes.
Tax must be paid where profits are made

addyann

Money management should be complusary in schools, including primary schools. Support for parents to learn skills too.

killa47

If all UK phone calls had to send the CLI Calling Line Identifier , it would enable recipients of nuisance calls to block future calls.
Thus preventing all the PPI and other nagging nuisance calls from anonymous phone numbers.

Sausage_dog_2

Labman20 wrote: »

End the unfair Stamp Duty fiasco. If I jump into the next band I should only pay the higher rates for the proportion of the purchase value that falls into this band, NOT the entire purchase price.
£250,000 = £2500 Tax
£250,001 = £7500 Tax.:eek:

Is this Fair?

I agree that this is unfair not only for the buyer but also for the seller. If you buy a property for £250k and it increases in value to less than around £270k, you are likely to be forced to sell for £250k as buyers are put off by stamp duty. There must be statistics to show a peak in property sales just under £250k compared to just over £250k? Or you come up with a dodgy arrangement whereby the buyer pays the amount above £250k separately.

Sophie...

People on benefits should have to do voluntary work, no work, no money.

Idontbelieve

Create a Bill of Responsibilities that legally excludes UK residents (eg criminals, asylum seekers) from benefits under the Bill of Rights unless they can demonstrate adherence to positive, honest behaviour.

BC3

A news item reports children with inappropriate packed lunches (eg. a packet of biscuits). Give every child in the country the chance of a free school dinner. Reduce family allowance an order to pay for it so parents can't spend it on drugs, cigarettes and alcohol.

henrihighgate

OH, and who says so?

I thought prisons were there to punish people and keep them away from the rest of us mainly law abiding citizens.

Punish - is certainly not what happens now.

More like an apprenticeship for future wrongdoing.

I have an idea to save money and half re offending rates.

Put all prisoners back in four to cell (2 x bunk beds), bucket to toilet with slop out, remove all games, dvd's, pool tables, etc (keep large screen tv's only showing disney cartoons). basic prison food.

ALL prisoners to dig a large hole in the prison grounds from Monday to Friday (no matter what the weather) - let them have the weekends off to think about how hard prison life really is - then the following Monday to Friday, fill the same hole back in - and so on - week in week out.

Then cut sentences in half - This would save Millions of pounds and surely half the prisoner population within 2 years as the prisoners themselves would never want to return to that HELL HOLE - not only that, his friends, siblings and hangers on would be told how lovely and cushy it was INSIDE.

If I did something to warrant a prison sentence, I would expect to be punished.
:kisses3::kisses3:

Felixity

Put measures in place to encourage/enable insurance companies to offer policies with different levels of repair available when settling accident claims, eg "make it like new again" or "make it safe, but I don't mind if it's not aesthetically perfect" Insurance = cheaper = fewer going uninsured.

lindal25

Reduce V.A.T. on Gas and Electricity to 2.5%. It is an essential commodity for cooking, heating and lighting and not a luxury.