The party of taxation - Here we go hitting pensioners again!

Exactly wyllow sone very short memories

And.....yes, its fresh out of the Daily Mail headlines today.
Let's wait for the actual budget for those all so crucial details.

Generally speaking, the increases needed for the NHS and other facilities we all use, unless you have private health insurance, cannot be conjured out of the ether.

How do posters think we should raise the money?

As any income and savings of pensioners are eroded, we shall soon all be eligible to claim Pension Credit, and then we'll get the winter fuel allowance as well.

Is this an economic cycle?

Yes, I knew a personal trainer in his thirties who was renting out his flat, living very frugally and saving to buy another property to provide some form of pension because he realised personal training is a precarious job with poor pension prospects. He certainly worked very hard.

No surprises here. I’ve never thought Labour were a Party that cares about older people. I suspect they think many of them vote Conservative anyway.

Yes it’s a bit strange that Starmer assumes that landlords don’t work. There’s a fair amount of admin and upkeep on properties as well as the need to keep rentals in full occupancy. Also there’s the small detail of how hard landlords worked to invest in a property portfolio too.
I think Starmer’s confused. Is he planning on a property slump when thousands of rentals are put up for sale? Does he have an end game? Or will landlords just keep increasing rent?