The Budget

The Budget

anyone watching it?

tax increases just about to be annouced!

so far fags up 8p!

1p on a pint, and 4p on a bottle of wine with duty on spirits frozen.

Nice to see u put the important stuff up first

Anything said bout tax and the like yet? cant be arsed watching it far too boring

Most people are vodka drinkers nowadays

check you pms brother dearest

some people think all the budget is there for is to announce rises on fags and booze!

he's not touched on personal taxes, national insurance etc.. yet.

When there's a general election the following year the budget is not as severe. It's next year, post election we'll get slaughtered.

Looks like this year could be the last year to get on the property ladder if u want to make nay money.

Will it be first time buyer bonanza soon?

How d'ya mean Joe, I'm intregued? I've had phone call after phone call from companies offering me REALLY silly mortages.

well they havn't touched stamp duty again this year, which means it's bound to be hammered next year.

they're trying to squeeze one more year out of the property boom imo.

Interest rates are slwoly creeping up, I think your right however post election Labour may have 4 more years to piss about doing what they like.

if they can squeeze another year out of the property boom, most people will continue to believe the economy is in alot better shape than it actually is.

classic political manipulation and re-election politics.

Booooooo

I'm unsure on the property boom, I think they'll be hard pushed to squeeze another 4 years - prices have peaked down south - newcastle seems to be the only place still on the up... The public pressure on sorting this problem is huge - its one of those problems that isn't going to go away.

You could have been talking about HH

they will be lucky to get to the election next year without a severe slump down south really starting to kick in imo.

or ketamine

New Labour will win the next election - despite foreign policy and massive spin... people tend to vote with their wallets and new labour provide the most stable economy.

No1 wants another tory recesession...

i'll go n buy a few packs of fags tonite then...stock up & then quit (again)

Your right.

I own property and rent it out in the West of Scotland which hasn't seen anywhere near the level of rise down here. I refuse to buy anything down here as I know it will not be worth the same value in say five years time.

I think there's a lot of first time buyers not willing to go into debt for such a risk.