http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Budgie Day en Sun, 31 May 2026 21:00:07 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16176#post-214548 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 00:29:50 +0000 crowriver 214548@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>City Region Deal funding for Edinburgh and south-east Scotland in the offing: announced today.</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-35814284" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-35814284</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16176#post-214522 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 16:08:23 +0000 The Boy 214522@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Unsurprisingly it's a good day to be rich, and a terrible day not to be so. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16176#post-214520 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 15:57:48 +0000 neddie 214520@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Who keeps track of whether all these promises of "X tax cut will happen on Y date" are kept or not?</p> <p>They're constantly promising things way in advance, so there must be a huge backlog of "To do" budget changes from all the previous budgets...</p> <p>Or do they just quietly let the ones "they don't like" drop? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16176#post-214519 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 15:27:25 +0000 crowriver 214519@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Life is looking good for folk earning 44 grand who fancy making a fast buck by flipping a few residential properties in booming markets like Edinburgh and London.<br /> Also a good time to have your own company.</p> <p>Not looking too great for public sector workers, benefits claimants. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16176#post-214518 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 15:24:08 +0000 crowriver 214518@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The threshold at which people pay 40% tax will rise from £42,385 to £45,000 in April 2017<br /> Tax-free personal allowance to rise to £11,500 in April 2017<br /> Capital Gains Tax to be cut from 28% to 20%, and from 18% to 10% for basic-rate taxpayers<br /> 0.5% rise in insurance premium tax</p> <p>In Scotland, Libor bank fines to pay for community facilities in Helensburgh and for naval personnel at Faslane (!?!?) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16176#post-214509 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 14:27:09 +0000 chdot 214509@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Fuel duty frozen. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16176#post-214508 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 14:27:08 +0000 crowriver 214508@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Spending as a share of GDP to fall to 36.9% by 2020<br /> Further spending cuts of £3.5bn by 2020 </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16176#post-214506 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 14:25:43 +0000 crowriver 214506@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Headline rate of corporation tax - currently 20% - to fall to 17% by 2020<br /> Annual threshold for small business tax relief to be raised from £6,000 to a maximum of £15,000, exempting 600,000 firms<br /> Supplementary charge for oil and gas producers to be halved from 20% to 10%<br /> Petroleum revenue tax to be "effectively abolished" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16176#post-214504 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 14:24:53 +0000 chdot 214504@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Double sport funding (presumably England) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16176#post-214502 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 14:23:52 +0000 chdot 214502@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Talked about obesity.</p> <p>Sugar levy (in 2 years). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16176#post-214501 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 14:22:55 +0000 crowriver 214501@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"1/2 price tolls on Severn Bridge."</p> <p>Oh thank goodness for that. Taking a leaf from the SNP playbook I see. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16176#post-214497 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 14:12:04 +0000 chdot 214497@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>1/2 price tolls on Severn Bridge. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16176#post-214483 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 13:31:05 +0000 The Boy 214483@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lots of cuts, and the added bonus of the state education system being dismantled. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16176#post-214480 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 13:12:24 +0000 crowriver 214480@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>How public sector workers will feel after today:</p> <p><img src="http://scs-assets-cdn.vice.com/int/v22n2/htdocs/frauleins-dig-them/mensur-fencer.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16176#post-214478 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 13:09:42 +0000 crowriver 214478@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cuts. Lots and lots of cuts.</p> <p>So many, you'd be forgiven for comparing Osborne to a Prussian officer taking part in a fencing duel. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16176#post-214476 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 13:02:38 +0000 chdot 214476@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>As I used to think it was called when I was 3. </p> <p>Expect road and rail upgrades. </p> <p>And? </p>