See, mess left by previous Goverment. Do you really think labour would have done any better if they had stayed in power. Part of the reason the cuts had to be made as hard and fast as they were is because the labour goverment didn't go far enough or soon enough as they had one eye on the election and were trying to give the impression things were not as bad as they were. I dont recall which Labour minister it was who said it but it was about 6months before the general election when they said " we are beginning to see the green shoots of recovery" only to be promptly shot down by economist who were quick to point out that far from it as we weren't even at the bottom of the cycle (to coin a phrase). Thern there was the note that the incomming minister found his labour predecesor "good luck, all the moneys gone"
compare that to the health of the country John Majors goverment handed over, Labour did well to fcuk it up as much as they did. Remember also Mr Browns "this is the end of boom and bust" statement just before it went bust.
Mr Grandad who was a union man but always voted Tory told me at a young age that you'll have good years under labour but the tories always have to clean up the mess they leave. this is no different.
As for the tories battering the poor. Despite the fact that I've had to accept a pay freeze for the last 4 years and earning less than £20k a year I have more money in my pay packet now than I did under the last labour government thanks to this tory government raising the tax threshold.
As for the tories battering the poor. Despite the fact that I've had to accept a pay freeze for the last 4 years and earning less than £20k a year I have more money in my pay packet now than I did under the last labour government thanks to this tory government raising the tax threshold.
It's gone way beyond this cuts for the sake of driving out mythical inefficiencies. These are now cuts to services. Your council tax goes up every year but you get less in return.
George Osborne has borrowed more in 4 years than Labour did in 13.
See, mess left by previous Goverment. Do you really think labour would have done any better if they had stayed in power. Part of the reason the cuts had to be made as hard and fast as they were is because the labour goverment didn't go far enough or soon enough as they had one eye on the election and were trying to give the impression things were not as bad as they were. I dont recall which Labour minister it was who said it but it was about 6months before the general election when they said " we are beginning to see the green shoots of recovery" only to be promptly shot down by economist who were quick to point out that far from it as we weren't even at the bottom of the cycle (to coin a phrase). Thern there was the note that the incomming minister found his labour predecesor "good luck, all the moneys gone"
compare that to the health of the country John Majors goverment handed over, Labour did well to fcuk it up as much as they did. Remember also Mr Browns "this is the end of boom and bust" statement just before it went bust.
Mr Grandad who was a union man but always voted Tory told me at a young age that you'll have good years under labour but the tories always have to clean up the mess they leave. this is no different.
The global financial crisis was caused by the banking laws being relaxed most notably in the USA but good old Tony Blair followed George W Bush like a love lost puppy. So yes the former labour government are to blame as they relaxed the laws that allowed UK banks to be exposed to not only what was happening elsewhere but also the mental risks that they were now allowed to take under UK law.
Unfrozen now as mine went up this year. It was frozen for a couple of years. It isn't law or mandatory for councils to freeze. They're given a bung if they do.I thought the council tax had been frozen since the Tories got in..before that Labour controlled councils had a track record of above inflation increases.
https://www.gov.uk/government/polic...for-money/supporting-pages/council-tax-freeze
Unfrozen now as mine went up this year. It was frozen for a couple of years. It isn't law or mandatory for councils to freeze. They're given a bung if they do.
I thought the council tax had been frozen since the Tories got in..before that Labour controlled councils had a track record of above inflation increases.
https://www.gov.uk/government/polic...for-money/supporting-pages/council-tax-freeze
Aren't there penalties for above inflation hikes though?
surely this is all a little off thread ?
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