Parklife Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Just to nip this in the bud.... i'm certainly not "minted"! Why, just the other evening I shopped at LIDL* (*Waitrose closes at 4) I'm just pulling your leg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumnio Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 According to the BBC calculator, the budget will make no change to me. A couple of employees in work were almost jubilant at getting a wee wage rise next year, ones a single mum with one kid, and another is a wife, Id guess their income as a couple is probably around the £30k mark. Propaganda is a great thing for the government. The UK is cancerous, although 'we' seem to enjoy bringing it on ourselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 According to the BBC calculator, the budget will make no change to me. Apparently i'm marginally better off. It's sickening that the Tories have given millions of folk like me, who live reasonably confortably, an extra few quid by shafting the most vulnerable in society. To see folk Scottish Labourites, who were vehemently No, criticising the budget infuriates me. This is what many of us wanted to escape with a Yes, a Tory government who does not care about the most vulnerable in society and will gladly shaft them over in order to give the already well-off an few extra quid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 BBC says I'll be £141.50 better off. Woo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dipped flake Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 BBC says I'll be £141.50 better off. Woo. same here, give or take a couple of quid. My granddaughter will be £1,500 worse off as only her partner works and she has 3 kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dipped flake Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 It doesn't seem to work. If you put in 1 parent working FT, with 15 kids then it only shows £1k per year worse off so I don't see how that can be taking account of the reduction of support to max, 2 kids and/or the household benefits cap of £20k/£23k. I'm not sure what that says about the rest of the calculations but at a glance I think it underestimates the amount of additional income that is being presented by the raising of the tax threshold and 40% rate. if you already have 3 or 33 kids the max 2 kids thing doesn't kick in. It is only children born after 2017 (I think) that this rule will apply to; or rather their parents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Endell Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 BBC says I'll be £141.50 better off. Woo. Same here. I can't recall a budget ever making any noticeable difference to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 same here, give or take a couple of quid. My granddaughter will be £1,500 worse off as only her partner works and she has 3 kids. Fancy throwing some Champagne in their eyes then running away? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Apparently i'm marginally better off. It's sickening that the Tories have given millions of folk like me, who live reasonably confortably, an extra few quid by shafting the most vulnerable in society. To see folk Scottish Labourites, who were vehemently No, criticising the budget infuriates me. This is what many of us wanted to escape with a Yes, a Tory government who does not care about the most vulnerable in society and will gladly shaft them over in order to give the already well-off an few extra quid. Imagine being me . I've got Labour types doing that, and SNP types feigning outrage over corporation tax cuts. It sucks being the smartest, most principled person in the country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Same here. I can't recall a budget ever making any noticeable difference to me. That too. You're also invited to my Champagne party. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 That too. You're also invited to my Champagne party. I have a £18 bottle of Stone IPA. Can I bring that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Endell Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 That too. You're also invited to my Champagne party. £141 should buy a decent vintage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 I have a £18 bottle of Stone IPA. Can I bring that? Only if it's "Enjoy by" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 £141 should buy a decent vintage. £282 should buy an even better one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 It sucks being the smartest, most principled person in the country I'm surprised you didn't also claim to be the most handsome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 Only if it's "Enjoy by" That's one. I can't promise it won't be drank and replaced by something else by the time of the party Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumnio Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 According to the BBC calculator, the budget will make no change to me.Well it would help if I enter details correctly. I'm going to be £80 better off, brilliant, don't know what I will spend £1.60 on each week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 Well it would help if I enter details correctly. I'm going to be £80 better off, brilliant, don't know what I will spend £1.60 on each week. Fish supper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 I'm surprised you didn't also claim to be the most handsome I should have... But didn't want to be seen as boasting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 BBC says I'll be £141.50 better off. Woo. A month???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristolhibby Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 £16.50 worse off. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 No better or worse off No surprise since I'm doing all Read on FB that by 2020 a first year nurse will be getting £2.50 more a hour than someone working in retail. Few moans about that from some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacWalka Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 I'll be about £230 a year better off. Magic, can't wait to spend that extra almost £20 a month that quite frankly will change my life not one bit. Away slightly from the min/living wage and tax credits discussion, I seriously seriously feel bad for any kid leaving school who doesn't have rich parents. If they are smart enough to go to uni then they'll have the privilege of doing so for masses of debt and can't even get a maintenance grant now. Then when they finish uni and go for a house they'll have to save for a massive deposit for the huge house prices whilst paying over inflated rents and paying off their student debt. Get up, work, maybe eat, pay off debt, never retire, die. If they aren't smart enough for uni then they can bask in the glow of the increased minimum wage....except they can't cause they're too young to be eligible. So with their likely measly wage they can try and get a council house......except they can't cause council houses are now only for unemployed drug addicted lepers who sell their bodies for a tin of beans. They'll then have to rely on housing benefit to afford to pay private rents.....except they can't cause they're too young. So instead they'll be living at home with their folks unless they had to move to find work, or have a bad relationship with their parents, or they're parents are dead/in jail/mentally ill/abusive in which case they'll have to rely on the support of social services.....except they can't as they're too old. So in this unlikely (actually very likely) situation you'll have either a large number of 18-21 year olds homeless taking refuge from their Victorian era existence with a concoction of crystal meth and heroin ultimately leading to robbery before entering the prison system where at least they'll finally be able to afford a roof over their heads or in the better circumstances they'll shack up with 35 other school leavers in a 2 bedroom flat squalor ridden owned by a slumlord covered in shite. If I was leaving school now, I'd join the armed forces, not because I want to but because it looks like the best option to receive some training and prospects, get paid, get fed and have some shelter (even if it is a tent in the desert) without having to get into a saddle load of debt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flumax Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 ^^^ too true. And you now understand why military spending going to 2pc gdp. Gotta house the cannon fodder some how. Don't forget once you have a big, expensive, equipped army, you better start a war to justify it. It's a great strategic plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 The Daily Mash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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