Scarlet Pimpernell wrote:All the evidence points to the fiscal statement Friday for the many problems we now face. The government don’t it’s nothing to do with them, it is due to remainers, and fear of a Labour government for example. The fact it started right after his speech was purely coincidental apparently.
What is their answer stop the removal of the 5% tax reduction for the highest earners, no they want to reduce public spending and look to freeze pay.
It seems they are determined to press ahead with the tax reductions for the wealthiest 5% in the country, which, according to those well qualified financial folk, can only be done if public spending is massively reduced.
Austerity 2 coming soon to a town or city near you and certainly nothing close to an inflation matching pay rise for public sector workers.
We also have a position where, due to huge increases in interest rates (with more to come) many people with a mortgage will be paying much, much more, which will completely negate any help given with the "energy crisis" cap.
Much of this is as a direct result of the "mini budget" and our new leader has poured oil on the fire with a series of car crash interviews, with local radio stations, this morning.
There has been some absolute quality questioning from the local stations by broadcasters who were somewhat better prepared than our new PM.
The Radio Leeds presenter, after a brief introduction, asked, "where have you been ?"