Budget November 2025

[Niigata Jack]

Absolutely agree with both those thoughts. Only change from that is I’d have reduced NI under UEL by the 2% they should have upped income tax but increased by 1% over UEL, so lower rate is 6% and upper 3% instead if 8% and 2% currently. I suggested a week or so ago an additional 1% VAT on non food online shopping.

Agree re lack of imagination. Tinkering around the edges. There is so much scope for reframing taxation.

Raising taxes to give even more away, I'm all for that oh yes
The worse Labour Government in living memory, who have unturned on virtually every promise they made in conning the British public to put them back in Downing Street, all the Tories fault see, that excuse is more than wearing thin.

 

[MajorR]

Is that the CAMBUS issue MajR? The Lexarse RXs had a fix applied so many were going walkabout. I wasn't aware RAVs had the same issue. To be honest I wasn't over impressed with the RAV when we test drove it. I preferred the Sportage, but my neighbours love theirs.

Yes, it’s an issue which is affecting a number of models in the range. Toyota have developed fixes including installing plates to prevent the thieves from accessing the wiring, but the thieves are always catching up and changing their mo and they are now cutting holes in the tail gates of some models to access the wiring and steal the car. I suspect in cases like this the cars are chopped up for spare parts.

 

[Smurph]

Raising taxes to give even more away, I'm all for that oh yes
The worse Labour Government in living memory, who have unturned on virtually every promise they made in conning the British public to put them back in Downing Street, all the Tories fault see, that excuse is more than wearing thin.

Taxing everything apart from the wealthy.

 

[Niigata Jack]

Taxing everything apart from the wealthy.

And now there's this, she's a hateful horrible woman so I wouldn't mind betting this is all true

No 10 denies Reeves misled public in run up to Budget

The Conservatives say she was overly gloomy about the public finances as a "smokescreen" to raise tax.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Smurph]

And now there's this, she's a hateful horrible woman so I wouldn't mind betting this is all true

No 10 denies Reeves misled public in run up to Budget

The Conservatives say she was overly gloomy about the public finances as a "smokescreen" to raise tax.

www.bbc.co.uk

How anyone can defend this shower is beyond me.

People bang on about people not voting. I'd be embarrassed if I'd voted this shower in.

 

[Niigata Jack]

How anyone can defend this shower is beyond me.

People bang on about people not voting. I'd be embarrassed if I'd voted this shower in.

Exactly Smurphy

 

[Glyn1]

What exactly is it about raising hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty that you disagree with? Hundreds of thousands, not just thousands, and mostly with parents in low-paid jobs.

And personally I'm relaxed about taxing people in £2 million plus houses.

 

[rockinj]

Raising taxes to give even more away, I'm all for that oh yes
The worse Labour Government in living memory, who have unturned on virtually every promise they made in conning the British public to put them back in Downing Street, all the Tories fault see, that excuse is more than wearing thin.

Right I can give you the fact they’re incompetent and they’re useless communicators.

But what “promises” have they broken here. Granted taxes have increased but they have not raised the main taxes which I actually disagree with.

For me my criticism comes from a more right wing perspective it feels like a very big State, taxing budget similar to the last one. I don’t however think they lack a mandate for that. It’s a labour Gov for goodness sake that’s what they do.

If people think they can just do a massive a tax hike on the rich they’re living in a parallel universe. It will not raise much if at all.

And on the other side there’s no way they not be raising taxes if they’re smashing public spending.

I ‘personally’ would raise taxes in the short term and cut public spending to get us back in shape in the longer term. It would be very very unpopular but I think the right thing to do.

Out debt levels are getting ridiculous. As highlighted by Lisa I think. Debt interest is ridiculous we need to build a surplus.

We should also rejoin the customs union.

 

[monmouth]

If people think they can just do a massive a tax hike on the rich they’re living in a parallel universe. It will not raise much if at all.

We should also rejoin the customs union.

Point 1. Yep, as Lisa tried to point out. I can’t remember the figures but it’s something like top 1% contribute about 40% of the total tax take, and they are very mobile. They do need to pay more (as the wealth gap is still hugely disproportionate, but it needs to carefully thought through and was never going to happen this time).

Point 2. Absolutely, and freedom of movement, but people are too thick and politicians too scared to actually have an adult argument.

 

[monmouth]

And now there's this, she's a hateful horrible woman so I wouldn't mind betting this is all true

No 10 denies Reeves misled public in run up to Budget

The Conservatives say she was overly gloomy about the public finances as a "smokescreen" to raise tax.

www.bbc.co.uk

I met her at HBOS and she really isn’t a hateful horrible woman. She’s not a great chancellor, but it’s not her personality.

 

[Londonlisa2001]

Point 1. Yep, as Lisa tried to point out. I can’t remember the figures but it’s something like top 1% contribute about 40% of the total tax take, and they are very mobile. They do need to pay more (as the wealth gap is still hugely disproportionate, but it needs to carefully thought through and was never going to happen this time).

Point 2. Absolutely, and freedom of movement, but people are too thick and politicians too scared to actually have an adult argument.

They actually went further than I expected - everyone anticipated the mansion tax but the 2p increase in dividends and savings income will hit the wealthier far more than others and that was unexpected.

The other thing no one’s really thinks about in terms of people leaving is so much is now on-line, whether via stuff like zoom, or because loads work in tech industries, that it really is easier to live anywhere in the world than it ever has been before.

Brexit remains the great unsayable anchor around the UK economy.

It is and always has been, ridiculous.

 

[Jack2jack]

For ordinary working folk, the current state of this country is nothing short of fvcking horrendous, it just is. Nothing more to add, anyone who thinks otherwise you need to wake up. That's me Deborah on this thread.

 

[Niigata Jack]

They actually went further than I expected - everyone anticipated the mansion tax but the 2p increase in dividends and savings income will hit the wealthier far more than others and that was unexpected.

The other thing no one’s really thinks about in terms of people leaving is so much is now on-line, whether via stuff like zoom, or because loads work in tech industries, that it really is easier to live anywhere in the world than it ever has been before.

Brexit remains the great unsayable anchor around the UK economy.

It is and always has been, ridiculous.

It'll hit normal savers as well especially pensioners or those coming up to pensioners age, easy target she's a complete louse as is Starmer and the rest of his clueless cronies, you can't dress it up any other way.

 

[Niigata Jack]

Right I can give you the fact they’re incompetent and they’re useless communicators.

But what “promises” have they broken here. Granted taxes have increased but they have not raised the main taxes which I actually disagree with.

For me my criticism comes from a more right wing perspective it feels like a very big State, taxing budget similar to the last one. I don’t however think they lack a mandate for that. It’s a labour Gov for goodness sake that’s what they do.

If people think they can just do a massive a tax hike on the rich they’re living in a parallel universe. It will not raise much if at all.

And on the other side there’s no way they not be raising taxes if they’re smashing public spending.

I ‘personally’ would raise taxes in the short term and cut public spending to get us back in shape in the longer term. It would be very very unpopular but I think the right thing to do.

Out debt levels are getting ridiculous. As highlighted by Lisa I think. Debt interest is ridiculous we need to build a surplus.

We should also rejoin the customs union.

Are you living in the real world ffs they've gone back on every promise they've made, ffs
Don't bother replying cause I've no interest in your drawn out opinions.

 

[Londonlisa2001]

It'll hit normal savers as well especially pensioners or those coming up to pensioners age, easy target she's a complete louse as is Starmer and the rest of his clueless cronies, you can't dress it up any other way.

Yes it will, but the wealthier you are, the more you are disproportionately exposed to unearned income.

By definition, pensioners are only exposed to additional tax on interest income that comes from savings in excess of the £20k cash ISA per annum allowance.