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If HMRC are allowed to take money from individuals’ bank accounts, as proposed in the budget today, then we are heading to a dark place.
This tool could be used against anyone deemed to be a threat by the government of the day.
🚨 NEW: John Healey is set to announce the following in his Budget later
- The gas standing charge will be scrapped to save £27 a year on a typical bill
- Green levies on energy bills will be scraped "for good"
- NHS prescription charges will be frozen at £9.90 for another year
- Poorer households on benefits will receive extra help with energy bills before January's sharp rises
- The VAT cut on electricity bills, which was due to expire in April, will be extended (though it's not clear if this will be announced in the Budget or separately)
- The Government will remove the link between gas and electricity prices, which currently inflates household bills, "in the long term"
- Banks will face higher taxes, with the surcharge on their profits potentially rising from 3% to 8%, making it the Budget’s biggest revenue raiser
- HMRC will be given powers to seize money from the bank accounts of people who fail to pay their tax
- The freeze on rail fares will reportedly not be extended beyond April
- Online retailers like Amazon, eBay and Temu will be made responsible for collecting unpaid VAT from sellers to fund a cut in business rates for high street shops
- The thresholds for income tax will be frozen again so another half a million people may be dragged into the higher rate
- January's planned increase in fuel duty will be cancelled
- Pensioners relying solely on the state pension will see their tax-free allowance rise to £13,036, in line with the pension increase, so they don't pay income tax
- Billions in long-term borrowing to invest in defence firms and raise the share of GDP spent on defence (without breaking fiscal rules, as the investments are expected to generate returns)
- The upcoming "Your First Home" scheme will be made more generous to provide greater support for middle-income earners
- The Budget will also assume the Rosebank oil field is approved, which will generate "significant tax revenues"
Craig retweeted
The government are all over the place on defence spending. I don't think Andy Burnham realises he commits to spending 3% of GDP on defence by 2030 in this interview...his Defence Secretary won’t even make that commitment!
When the government are saying Britain needs to be ready for war in 1000 days, hitting a defence spending target in 2035 is too late. Getting to 3% by 2030 means spending the money to be ready NOW, not in 9 years time.
‘You’ve just spooked everybody by saying stockpile…what are you doing to invest in defence?’
Susanna Reid challenges the PM on whether he will hit the defence spending target of 3% of GDP by 2030.
Andy Burnham insists his government ‘will’ hit the target.
#defencespending #andyburnham #defence #budget
Craig retweeted
Britain's national debt has just hit £3 TRILLION.
My generation is leaving our children and grandchildren an inheritance of debt and decline - we have spent their money before they have even earned it.
The time for yet more cowardice is over.
Brutal honesty is now required.
Difficult decisions lie ahead. There will be no painless solutions. Anyone promising otherwise is not being straight with the British public.
We are on the road to total economic collapse - it will be utterly catastrophic.
Deep spending cuts, fundamental reform of the state and a return to financial discipline are all absolutely necessary.
Every department must justify its spending. Every politician must confront the reality that we simply cannot afford everything. Every penny must go further.
The longer we delay, the more painful these decisions become.
Our children and our grandchildren are going to spend decades paying for our failures.
What a shameful legacy that is.
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Customer: Is the raw milk safe? The supermarket one's been pasteurised.
Farmer: Why do you think they pasteurise it?
Customer: To kill what's in it.
Farmer: So what's in it?
Customer: ...I'd assumed nothing.
Farmer: Their pint is a tanker's worth from dozens of farms, mixed. Nobody checks it for salmonella on the way in. They don't have to. The heat's the plan.
Customer: And yours?
Farmer: I've no heat. So mine's tested for salmonella, E. coli, listeria, the lot, and an inspector's in that parlour twice a year.
Customer: So yours has to be clean and theirs has to be cooked.
Farmer: Theirs gets a second chance. Mine isn't allowed to need one.
Customer: Which cow is it from?
Farmer: [looks across the yard] Third from the left. Mabel. She's seen you.
Customer: The carton at home just says "British".
Farmer: There are 7,000 dairy farms left in Britain. "British" narrows it down to all of them.
Customer: How long does it keep?
Farmer: A week, then it sours. You can make cheese with sour.
Customer: And the supermarket one?
Farmer: That doesn't sour. It was dead when it left. It just rots.
[He bought two litres. Mabel watched him to the car.]
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🚨 BREAKING: By stroke of pen, President Trump just signed an executive order on stage brought to him by Natalie Harp to greenlight virtually TAX FREE DIESEL FUEL for truckers, farmers and other Americans
The Nebraska crowd just ERUPTED! 🔥
Typical trucker saves $100 per fill-up, farmers will save MILLIONS
"I'm gonna do what Biden couldn't do. Sign the signature!"
THE MAGIC OF TRUMP RALLIES 🇺🇸
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🚨BREAKING: It has been revealed that civil servants and Home Office staff employed to protect Britain's borders have also been volunteering for migrant charities which helped migrants enter the UK illegally
This is CRIMINAL behaviour from staff who are supposed to be protecting our borders
How are they allowed to do this!??
Craig retweeted
One of these men popped an empty migrant boat in the channel and one of them violently beat a female police officer and broke her nose
Guess which one got bail.
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In just two years Labour have hit us with over £64 billion in extra taxes & over £244 billion in extra borrowing - and they’ve squandered the lot with nothing to show for it.
Fancy thinking that the answer is more taxes and more borrowing.
The mind boggles.
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This is INSANE! GB News attempted to interview the charity workers assisting in the invasion of Britain and they came under attack from illegal migrants.
THESE ARE THE VILE PEOPLE LABOUR ARE PUTTING IN OUR COMMUNITIES!
People need to WAKE UP!
Craig retweeted
Clarkson’s Farm won an NTA this evening. But in my mind, people were voting for farmers in general. Not just us.
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🚨 ELON MUSK ON WHO SHOULD CONTROL HIS COMPANIES:
“Succession is one of the toughest age-old problems. It’s plagued countries, kings, prime ministers and presidents, and CEOs, since the dawn of history. There is no obvious solution.
There are particular individuals I’ve identified. I’ve told the board, if something happens to me unexpectedly, this is my recommendation for taking over. In all cases the board is aware of who my recommendation is.
The control question is a much tougher one, and something I’m wrestling with. I’m frankly open to ideas.
The companies I have created collectively possess immense capability, so the stewardship of them is incredibly important. I want to make sure that the stewardship ultimately accrues to the benefit of humanity. That’s the idea. The furtherance of civilization.”