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The logic is weak. It is an easy target. It should be targeted at kids, not adults. But then you are into the argument about responsible parenting, which is lessening by the year in this country. The state of education in the home is a disgrace in 2025.

Behind a paywall i refuse to pay. But I do not believe the headline for 1 minute. That is 10% of the overall HMRC take in year.

Rowley will have much better views on this. My own opinion, working inside a quasi state organisation. Too much red tape is bleeding money. Too many govt targets and audit bodies who know **** all but have you dancing an expensive dance. Lets quit with inquiries and investigations and crack...

Substantially no. I voted remain, but not on economic or immigration grounds. Any semi literate govt in this country will understand and solve our economic challenges. The EU wasnt there for that.

You are probably right tbh

It is, but a bit daft isnt it? Sugar tax in general. Nanny state and all the bollocks. I like the full turbo irn bru after a few bevvies. I am in my fifties and old enough to make my own sugary drink choices.

More worried about the tax on milkshakes tbh. Imagine taxing milkshakes ffs. Govt utterly lost any sense of reality.

24 hours on and most of what I have read is damning about the budget. A bodge it budget apparently. I cant really remember one so chaotic. All the build up, for which they may have broken ministerial codes, then the OBR cock up. To get so many u turns and non events is ridiculous really...

Seems like this wonderful govt are seeing brits leave the country. Who would have thought it.

Isnt that down in part to the numbers of folk leaving our country to live elsewhere?

Next year probably not too bad for many. A lot of the tax increases come later. Spend comes sooner though so I suspect borrowing will increase short term. The tax thresholds are likely to be a problem for a lot of folk. Reading that the state pension could be more than lowest tax threshold...

Probably an IT cock up I reckon. Somebody set the wrong time for auto publish or some such thing. Embargoed info can be sat for days waiting for the publish date. Just takes a bad IT system to allow it out early.

Lampard isnt going to Leeds imo. Fans cant stand him.

Rough old budget that for working folk. Income tax, NI on pensions plus other smaller measures taking money away. Record tax on its way in this parliament. I hope they spend it well. Reeves had the look of someone playing their last card. Not sure she will last a whole lot longer tbh. In...

Oof. Deputy speaker not held back there. Breach of ministerial code? And that is not related to OBR stuff.

See she has gone for our pensions. Hate that. And frozen income tax - she has some explaining to do on that one.

I have no interest in defending anyone. They can do that for themselves if they wish. But when the media report nonsense, and folk believe it, it is worth pointing out it is nonsense.

It was first published in a book. The author subsequently admitted they did not know if the allegation was true and they had no evidence to corroborate it. They rather weasily said we never claimed we believed it. Even later somebody in said society said Cameron had never actually been a member.

It is totally ludicrous. For once I agree with Badenoch. This has been the most chaotic and ill managed build up to a budget I can remember.

And then I read Starmer has broken rules in a primary school. Bastard. How fking dare he.