Or Budgie Day as I used to say when I knew people who had budgies but I didn’t know what a budget was!
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Budget 11.3.20
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“British people may be worried but not daunted”
(Coronavirus)
“Likely to be temporary disruption to economy”
‘May be up to 1/5th off work’ (at same time, not only 20% in total)
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3 point plan
1 NHS will get what it needs
2 if people get I’ll can’t work “must support finances”
Sick notes via 111
Gig economy/self employed - quicker and easier to access benefits
Removing income floor
Claim by phone or online
3 business less than 250 employees sick pay funded by Gov for 14 days
Plus deferring tax payments
Temporary “business interruption loan scheme”
No business rates on venues for 1 year (currently 50%) and none on business RV under £50k
Plus money for all small businesses
THIS IS IN ENGLAND
COST £30bn
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£175bn spending spree to increase growth (4-5 years)
2.5% forecast
So what was the recession for??
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“Budget about delivery promises”
“First budget of new decade”
“First budget outside European Union”
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“The Conservatives, the real workers’ party”
Whisky, beer, cider wine - planned duty increases cancelled
Fuel duty frozen for another year
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“Unleash the power of business”
Trade missions for English regions in embassies
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“Invest in ideas”
£22bn for R&D
£900m for nuclear, space and electric vehicles
Money for research in university
Low carbon industries of the future
Increase taxes on pollution
Freeze electricity increase gas - 2022
Plastic packaging taxes
Red diesel relief to be removed (not farming or fishing)
Cut taxes on clean transport (no mention of bicycles.
More charging points (max 30 miles away)
Natural habitats - £640m new fund
Carbon capture & storage new clusters inc St Fergus
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“The Conservatives, the real workers’ party”
sighWhisky, beer, cider wine - planned duty increases cancelled
Fuel duty frozen for another year
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“Change whole mindset of government”
Office in Scotland
£640m for SG
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New West Yorkshire mayor.
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More broadband and railways ”if needed”
‘Biggest investment in roads’ inc pothole fund
England (unclear about Scotland)
A303 (Stonehenge)
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(All dependent on conventional growth.)
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NHS surcharge increase for immigrants
£6bn more for NHS
“Work starting on 40 new hospitals”
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Next few months
“Further devolution”
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Commentator on R4
“Snatching my head about how it is going to be paid for”
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OBR forecasts before coronavirus
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@chdot - thank you for concise listings
Curious about Devolution comment!
Budget ignoring climate, is a perfect time to put up fuel duty as fuel prices are coming down. People will not be travelling as much? Leadership should also be about thinking to beyond end of an event.
Apart from those doing 30 mile trips scouring supermarkets for soap and hand gel!@patrickharvie
"£27bn of tarmac" - the UK Government is still unable to break its addiction to roadbuilding. This is not the infrastructure programme a country needs for a sustainable future. #Budget2020Consequential for Scotland can be allocated elsewhere of course.
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Andy Wightman won £750,000 defamation case.Posted 5 years ago # -
@LaidBack
Devolution is '£640 million for Scot Gov'. Remains to be seen in what form or how it's financed.
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“Andy Wightman won £750,000 defamation case”
How could anyone doubt it!!
BUT BUT BUT
Can’t imagine the worry and inevitable trauma that won’t instantly disappear.
Don’t suppose he gets any compensation - apart from a degree of satisfaction and (probably) determination to carry on.
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“@chdot - thank you for concise listings”
Ta, I think I mentioned most things most interesting to CCEers.
Didn’t record the Tarmac word. Think it was the celebration in his voice put me off...
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"increase taxes on pollution" - but not on fuel for IC-engined cars. Hmm.
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I don’t think it was in budget speech, higher tax on tobacco.
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Virus is a threat but the ideal chance to reduce car use and enable more flexible working. As government is printing money it may as well take some back. Cheap fuel has no environmental benefit unless they plan to reduce public transport costs and take vat off bikes.
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Proposals from DfT include works on A1 Northumberland to Edinburgh....
Hey guys get aff oor turf!
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@Tulyar - are they building a better cycleway beside it? :-)
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And all the talk of the greenest budget ever was buried under Sunak’s boast of 4,000 miles of tarmac.
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/11/johnsonism-first-budget-hype-spending
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