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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Oct 14, 2024
  • #44,521
fernandopartridge said:

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Yep dangerous talk
 
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Nick

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  • Oct 14, 2024
  • #44,522
Looks like the vat for schools is going to backfire as they are now all going to claim vat from the past few years.
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Oct 14, 2024
  • #44,523
Nick said:
Looks like the vat for schools is going to backfire as they are now all going to claim vat from the past few years.
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Nick

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  • Oct 14, 2024
  • #44,524
Sky Blue Pete said:
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Schools are now back claiming whatever they can in VAT.
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Oct 14, 2024
  • #44,525
Nick said:
Schools are now back claiming whatever they can in VAT.
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Why wouldn’t they have done that before?
 

Grendel

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  • Oct 14, 2024
  • #44,526
Sky Blue Pete said:
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Its the Capital Goods Scheme legislation introduced in 1990. So the very best public schools who have purchased land and built facilities can claim back exemptions from the HMRC for the last 10 years.

Its a disaster as the elite schools such as Eton are likely to benefit from the arrangement whereas the struggling schools like those in Coventry are likely to be fucked
 
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Grendel

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  • Oct 14, 2024
  • #44,527
Sky Blue Pete said:
Why wouldn’t they have done that before?
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Not allowed to if not VAT registered obviously
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Oct 14, 2024
  • #44,528
Grendel said:
Not allowed to if not VAT registered obviously
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I knew I was missing something obvious
Yep absolutely right
 

Grendel

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  • Oct 14, 2024
  • #44,529
Sky Blue Pete said:
I knew I was missing something obvious
Yep absolutely right
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But also capital projects over 10 years are allowed to be reclaimed so those schools - the rich and powerful ones - will be making significant backdated claims to the HMRC which outweighs any obvious benefits of the programme for several years
 

MalcSB

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  • Oct 14, 2024
  • #44,530

Sadiq Khan piles pressure on Starmer over EU single market return

The London mayor calls for ‘closer alignment’ with the EU and says talks about rejoining the single market should not be off the table
www.independent.co.uk

Who the fuck does Khan think he is? Jumped up little fucker.
 
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Marty

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  • Oct 14, 2024
  • #44,531
MalcSB said:

Sadiq Khan piles pressure on Starmer over EU single market return

The London mayor calls for ‘closer alignment’ with the EU and says talks about rejoining the single market should not be off the table
www.independent.co.uk

Who the fuck does Khan think he is? Jumped up little fucker.
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Khan is an absolute bell end, but if the public has changed it's mind over Brexit, no harm in having a discussion in rejoining (I've only read the headline so could be completely wrong).
 

Nick

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  • Oct 14, 2024
  • #44,532
Grendel said:
Its the Capital Goods Scheme legislation introduced in 1990. So the very best public schools who have purchased land and built facilities can claim back exemptions from the HMRC for the last 10 years.

Its a disaster as the elite schools such as Eton are likely to benefit from the arrangement whereas the struggling schools like those in Coventry are likely to be fucked
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Exactly.

The thing is the places like Eton, the VAT wouldn't have bothered the parents there or make a jot of difference.

The ones in Coventry are more likely to have parents already making huge sacrifices.

Just goes to show it was all about spite and now HMRC will be paying out millions (if not billions) to the richer schools.

Not sure they really thought it through, did they?
 
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wingy

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  • Oct 14, 2024
  • #44,533
Wonder who'll be getting the first payment, post office, Grenfell victims or the schools, ametuer hour continues! What a fake!
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Oct 14, 2024
  • #44,534
shmmeee said:
Reading more on Ozempic. Curious as to whether those who are against are also against nicotine replacement therapy for quitting smoking? The morally upstanding method is only cold turkey surely?
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A lifetime supply of medication for a few billion people should be no problem at all, even ignoring how little we know about what that will do long term.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Oct 14, 2024
  • #44,535
Nick said:
Exactly.

The thing is the places like Eton, the VAT wouldn't have bothered the parents there or make a jot of difference.

The ones in Coventry are more likely to have parents already making huge sacrifices.

Just goes to show it was all about spite and now HMRC will be paying out millions (if not billions) to the richer schools.

Not sure they really thought it through, did they?
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The vast majority of parents already cannot afford private education so they use the state sector. Speaking personally I’d save the money spent on private secondary school and use it on tuition fees/university if that’s where someone wants to go. To be blunt, private education as it stands in this area isn’t worth the cost.

If you can, get into a grammar or just a decent comp. Coventry has more than it used to.
 

Nick

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  • Oct 14, 2024
  • #44,536
Brighton Sky Blue said:
The vast majority of parents already cannot afford private education so they use the state sector. Speaking personally I’d save the money spent on private secondary school and use it on tuition fees/university if that’s where someone wants to go. To be blunt, private education as it stands in this area isn’t worth the cost.

If you can, get into a grammar or just a decent comp. Coventry has more than it used to.
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Are there any grammar schools in Coventry?

My point was that a lot of parents will be making sacrifices for it at the smaller schools where as the ones like Eton are a completely different league. They will be benefiting from it though while the more "normal" parents will be hit.
 

shmmeee

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  • Oct 14, 2024
  • #44,537
Brighton Sky Blue said:
A lifetime supply of medication for a few billion people should be no problem at all, even ignoring how little we know about what that will do long term.
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We do know the long term effects of obesity though.
 

shmmeee

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  • Oct 14, 2024
  • #44,538
Nick said:
Are there any grammar schools in Coventry?

My point was that a lot of parents will be making sacrifices for it at the smaller schools where as the ones like Eton are a completely different league. They will be benefiting from it though while the more "normal" parents will be hit.
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Stratford Girls catchment extends to Finham I know that. None in CCC boundary afaik.
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Oct 14, 2024
  • #44,539
MalcSB said:

Sadiq Khan piles pressure on Starmer over EU single market return

The London mayor calls for ‘closer alignment’ with the EU and says talks about rejoining the single market should not be off the table
www.independent.co.uk

Who the fuck does Khan think he is? Jumped up little fucker.
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Be the biggest economic boost we could get
 
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Grendel

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  • Oct 14, 2024
  • #44,540
shmmeee said:
We do know the long term effects of obesity though.
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Well just eat less
 

MalcSB

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  • Oct 14, 2024
  • #44,541
Marty said:
Khan is an absolute bell end, but if the public has changed it's mind over Brexit, no harm in having a discussion in rejoining (I've only read the headline so could be completely wrong).
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Has the public changed its mind?
 
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MalcSB

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  • Oct 14, 2024
  • #44,542
Sky Blue Pete said:
Be the biggest economic boost we could get
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Do we want the UK to be held back by Germany’s poor economic performance? Or be flooded by more immigrants from Eastern Europe? Need even more houses, power, water, benefits.
 

Marty

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  • Oct 14, 2024
  • #44,543
MalcSB said:
Has the public changed its mined?
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I don't know, but if it's what the majority of the public want then its something those in power needs to look into.
 
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MalcSB

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  • Oct 14, 2024
  • #44,544
Marty said:
I don't know, but if it's what the majority of the public want then its something those in power needs to look into.
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That word IF again. How do we gauge if the public has changed its mind? Another referendum?
 

Ian1779

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  • Oct 14, 2024
  • #44,545
MalcSB said:
Has the public changed its mind?
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Let’s have a referendum and find out
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Oct 14, 2024
  • #44,546
Nick said:
Are there any grammar schools in Coventry?

My point was that a lot of parents will be making sacrifices for it at the smaller schools where as the ones like Eton are a completely different league. They will be benefiting from it though while the more "normal" parents will be hit.
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Lawrence Sheriff and Rugby High School’s catchment extends into Coventry I think.
 

MalcSB

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  • Oct 14, 2024
  • #44,547
Ian1779 said:
Let’s have a referendum and find out
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That’s what I said, but I doubt Starmer would risk it. Slippery underhand stealth will be his approach.
 

MalcSB

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  • Oct 14, 2024
  • #44,548
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Lawrence Sheriff and Rugby High School’s catchment extends into Coventry I think.
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You have to be intelligent to get in to those though, not just have the money.
 

Marty

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  • Oct 14, 2024
  • #44,549
MalcSB said:
That word IF again. How do we gauge if the public has changed its mind? Another referendum?
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I guess it would be apart of an election manifesto first, for what it's worth I don't think the public has changed their views much on Brexit tbh.
 
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chiefdave

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  • Oct 14, 2024
  • #44,550

Potential re-accession of the United Kingdom to the European Union - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org
 

rob9872

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  • Oct 14, 2024
  • #44,551
Hopefully a referendum for back in and they win 51/49. My personal choice would be to stay out but I'd take back in just to see the hypocrisy of how 51/49 is binding and no mentions about turn out or who did and didn't get the opportunity to vote.
 
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MalcSB

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  • Oct 14, 2024
  • #44,552
chiefdave said:
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Potential re-accession of the United Kingdom to the European Union - Wikipedia

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Interesting. What would they say if they were told the cost of rejoining? Almost certainly more than the supposed savings that were made,
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Oct 14, 2024
  • #44,553
MalcSB said:
You have to be intelligent to get in to those though, not just have the money.
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If your child is academically minded, they're suitable places to be aiming for. If they aren't, the extra thousands a year spent on private school fees could probably go elsewhere and benefit them more long term.
 

MalcSB

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  • Oct 14, 2024
  • #44,554
Brighton Sky Blue said:
If your child is academically minded, they're suitable places to be aiming for. If they aren't, the extra thousands a year spent on private school fees could probably go elsewhere and benefit them more long term.
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I can see that, other than the access to the old boys network that private school may confer.
 

MalcSB

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  • Oct 14, 2024
  • #44,555
Brighton Sky Blue said:
If your child is academically minded, they're suitable places to be aiming for. If they aren't, the extra thousands a year spent on private school fees could probably go elsewhere and benefit them more long term.
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It’s hellishly competitive to get in to a grammar though, isn’t it?
 
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