Autumn Statement - Predictions and results

iltisman

roy62 wrote: »

Have voted Labour all my life but Worzel and his mates have made the party a laughing stock.

Worzel great stuff I knew he reminded me of someone.

missyrichards

So the tax credits cuts will go ahead, but next year?

JasonLVC wrote: »

McDonnell is not doing too badly, considering this is his first "response" to a budget statement.

Lots of political point scoring (to be expected really), he makes some interesting points on Osbournes target failures, some good humour there too (Mao's little book!). A solid response to be honest. He even makes Corbyn look like an amateur.

A massive improvement over the pathetic gruntings that was Ed Balls.

Yes, I've been rushing around and didn't catch all of it but I thought he did quite well.

sheffield_lad

missyrichards wrote: »

So the tax credits cuts will go ahead, but next year?

Yes, I've been rushing around and didn't catch all of it but I thought he did quite well.

Apparently a few labour MP's are embarrassed at his little red book joke. I thought it was funny over embarrassing.

theEnd

Pete111 wrote: »

Am I really hearing John McDonnell berating the Govt for running a deficit that would be 'bequeathed to our children'


This is the man who feels reducing the deficit is 'bonkers'


The man is rightly being abused roundly in the house for that..

I thought he was very poor. To moan about the debt being left to the children then taking credit for every decision that made it worse was very poor.

Did much get announced in this budget, or is the truth in the details?

Kernow666

SailorSam wrote: »

The Bbc offer excellent value for money. Some of the programmes they produce are going to cost you a lot more to watch if left to the 'paid' channels.
Radio, particularly local radio can be the only company that many people have, without it would leave them alone with no contact to the outside world. To many the presenters are the only friends they have.

only value if you watch it though

as for local radio if you have internet you could listen to the majority of local stations on there

schrodie

Peoples' council tax bills will certainly go up in future to pay for the police and social care.

Mrs_Bones

schrodie wrote: »

After the outranges in France however much a tory chancellor would love to cut the policing budget it would have been very politically unpopular to have done so.

After Paris, cutting the front line police budget would not just be politically unpopular it could well have been political suicide and this was an autumn review by a chancellor with both eyes firmly on the top job becoming vacant in a year or two.

seven-day-weekend

I am glad he is not going ahead with the Tax Credits cuts, because although I think Tax Credits should be modified, the proposals were going to hit working families the most - the very opposite of what they were supposed to do.
He has listened to the objections and hopefully he will come up with a better plan in due course.

Graham_Devon

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

I am glad he is not going ahead with the Tax Credits cuts, because although I think Tax Credits should be modified, the proposals were going to hit working families the most - the very opposite of what they were supposed to do.
He has listened to the objections and hopefully he will come up with a better plan in due course.

He hasn't at all.

He has had his hand forced.

cepheus

Graham_Devon wrote: »

He hasn't at all.

He has had his hand forced.

Indeed he has. Corbyn and others forced Osborne to stick to their election promise. However, where else will the axe fall now?

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