Governments First Budget

NotSpaghetti

I agree Doodledog - I think right to buy was a dreadful thing.
Why we all need to buy anyway I just don't understand. If you have rented a house you are happy in, what you really need is security of tenure, swift repairs and a rent that feels "fair".
This is what councils can (and should) offer in my opinion.

Friends living in the "nicest" areas all bought their council homes and have made money out of it- by selling or letting.
Only one is still living in their ex-council house.

I agree, selling off council houses should never have been done and should stop right now, tho apparently it isn’t going to.
Council houses should always be just that.

Oreo surely a better scheme would be to allow council houses to be sold but for every house sold, a new house would be built? Thus facilitating less wealthy people onto the housing market both through ownership and becoming a secure tenant?
I think Mrs Thatcher wanted to stop
‘sink council estates’ back in the day. We need more mixed housing imo.

I don’t understand some of the budget, the millions and billions tend to daze me, also the superfast delivery of it.
Reading about it this morning some things seem good for the country and others maybe problematic such as raising NI for employers and such a hike in wages for young people done at the same time, will that mean job losses or reduced staff taken on?
Fuel duty frozen gets a cheer from me, but a penny less for a pint?! Can’t see that will do anything at all.
Massive borrowing so just hope at least big projects will get done.

Whitewavemark2

Just as an aside, the IMF have endorsed Reeves budget and the “sustainable” tax rises.

Reeves is laying the foundation for the recovery of our public services.

The investment market is stable too, regardless of the Tory gloom and doom mongers the budget is seen as progressive and sustainable.

I think the biggest whinge from doom mongers is that nothing has been done to improve productivity.

Why we all need to buy anyway I just don't understand. If you have rented a house you are happy in, what you really need is security of tenure, swift repairs and a rent that feels "fair"

I think that older people may feel more secure in a property they own rather than the insecurities of renting. My MIL rented privately all her life but, being widowed at an early age, she spent her life being worried about being 'thrown out' especially when her sons had grown up and left. The rent became another worry after she retired too.

David49

Whitewavemark2

Just as an aside, the IMF have endorsed Reeves budget and the “sustainable” tax rises.

Reeves is laying the foundation for the recovery of our public services.

The investment market is stable too, regardless of the Tory gloom and doom mongers the budget is seen as progressive and sustainable.

The point being that Reeves has (contrary to all the doom put out by the Tories) a clear and sustainable plan, which will put the U.K. back to economic stability - something that we haven’t had for a number of years now.

Businesses love stability, because it allows them to plan and invest with much more certainty. Which in turn should boost growth, but it won’t be easy as this ship has been wallowing in the doldrums for a number of years, made much worse by so many Tory economic and political decisions, - remember Brexit, austerity, Truss,? - all hammer blows to our economy and our ability to thrive.

ronib

I think the biggest whinge from doom mongers is that nothing has been done to improve productivity.

Then tell them that they are wrong.

Productivity is improved as investment rises into new technology, and other areas in business.

Investment is one of the cornerstones of Reeves budget, which has laid foundation to encourage businesses to invest in every area.

David49

Whitewavemark2

Just as an aside, the IMF have endorsed Reeves budget and the “sustainable” tax rises.

Reeves is laying the foundation for the recovery of our public services.

The investment market is stable too, regardless of the Tory gloom and doom mongers the budget is seen as progressive and sustainable.

Was waiting to see how these went, I suspected it would fall this way.

Wwm2 let’s be patriotic and hope that this will pan out as planned but making business poorer is not the best way to encourage investment. There will be less jobs because of rises in national insurance contributions for employers.

I haven’t seen one comment from any Farmers union/organisation of farmer/farming family which is positive.

Comments like this from Labour do not help

Gg13. Ed Milliband wants fewer working farms to cut down on methane emissions. This planet has had cows living on it for many years.

ronib

Wwm2 let’s be patriotic and hope that this will pan out as planned but making business poorer is not the best way to encourage investment. There will be less jobs because of rises in national insurance contributions for employers.

We invested in extra employees, plant and training heavily over the last 12 months.

Will we do it again knowing the budget details, not in the foreseeable future, further plans are now shelved.

ronib

Wwm2 let’s be patriotic and hope that this will pan out as planned but making business poorer is not the best way to encourage investment. There will be less jobs because of rises in national insurance contributions for employers.

I shouldn’t worry about business.

Reeves has laid the foundation for growth and investment in the economy, and businesses will grab these opportunities for profit and expansion with both hands.

Long term they will benefit from her plans.

Agriculture is devolved, so this applies to England. Not that it’s all rosy elsewhere, but we are in control of our own policy and government spending. That is actually true of a lot of areas covered in the budget.

ronib

*Gg13*. Ed Milliband wants fewer working farms to cut down on methane emissions. This planet has had cows living on it for many years.

I think EM should learn that the best way to carbon capture is for the countryside to be healthy, full of trees and crops.

Putting solar panels on agricultural land is short sighted at best foolish at worst.

The U.K. needs to improve its food production not put it in decline and to be more reliant on imports from around the world which add to pollution due to transportation.

GG13 yes but how to tell EM so that he gets the message? He feels like a runaway train.

GrannyGravy13

I haven’t seen one comment from any Farmers union/organisation of farmer/farming family which is positive.

Comments like this from Labour do not help

Good grief!! Stupid man. Just the person you need as Minister of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Well, junior doctors went on strike, train drivers went on strike, the country coped with difficulty, no-one would notice if politicians went on strike but if farmers went on strike what would be the consequences?

Steve Reed probably thinks that food arrives like magic plastic wrapped on supermarket shelves.

GrannyGravy13

ronib

Gg13. Ed Milliband wants fewer working farms to cut down on methane emissions. This planet has had cows living on it for many years.

I think EM should learn that the best way to carbon capture is for the countryside to be healthy, full of trees and crops.

Putting solar panels on agricultural land is short sighted at best foolish at worst.

The U.K. needs to improve its food production not put it in decline and to be more reliant on imports from around the world which add to pollution due to transportation.

Ed Milliband should concentrate on cutting the amount of plastic polluting our planet.

I notice Corbyn’s mentor - Richard Murphy - is unhappy with the budget. That should give us heart😊.

And just one more gripe - can someone stop EM from capturing carbon and burying it in pipes under the sea bed?
Life is feeling very dystopian just now.

Britons urged to eat less meat and dairy products:

Not exactly new news, here are calls from 2021
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57580254

It's a very long standing debate, and there is a no policy in the pipeline despite rumours from some newspapers a few days ago along the lines of "Tories warn that.....".

Is an endorsement by the IMF worth anything? given their predictions have been known on many an occasion to be wrong.

The Office for Budget Responsibility has pointed out the glaringly obvious fact that the hike in employers' NI will possibly affect salary rises. It is also likely to impact on the hiring of staff resulting in increased unemployment, a lower tax take for government coffers and by association unemployment benefits rising. I suppose all that remains to be seen as to how that will pan out over the course of the next five years. I don't think anyone wants to see fewer opportunities in the job market, particularly for those starting out.

I just wish there could be more tax levied on banks' overwhelming profits, they're nobody's friend really, neither the individual or small businesses. The big behemoths Amazon meanwhile will still continue to pay a fraction of what they should pay but there is no multi lateral consensus to change any of that.

I'm in agreement with GG over the plight of farmers, could they be any more beleaguered, people we really need.

However, on a more positive note some good things, the freeze on fuel duty, rises would have been so inflationary and I really liked her tax hike on private jet flights, just how nauseating is it listening to some of those grandstanding gobshites individuals who fly in on them to Davos year on year to lecture the plebs on the error of their ways, and c'lebs who drone on about their green credentials, although such people are so rich it will probably hardly affect them at all.

I'm hoping this government's prospective house building will get going and make a real difference to affordable housing.

Also the commitment made to recompense those who have suffered so much from the infected blood scandal and the Post Office, so long overdue.

So agree on the private jets!