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Lucy Letby
by diggingdeeper - 18th Jul 2026 8:11pm
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Deafening silence from those who were ranting about cuts to pension credits.
All together now. Thank you, Mr. Osborne.
Carpe diem.
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Do you mean cuts to "tax credits", I don't recall any talk of cuts to "pension credit"
I'm still working my way through the statement as both Osbourne's and the government's statements mention the extra expenditure without saying where the money has come from.
There's a real danger that the left will drag Britain back to the 1970s, with secure well-paid jobs, ample housing, properly-funded NHS and social care, free tuition, student grants, final salary pensions, affordable rail fares and fabulous films and music. David Osland 2025 We don't do charity in Germany, we pay taxes. Charity is a failure of governments' responsibilities - Henning Wehn https://ddue.uk
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Yes, DD, tax credits; my error. He claims to have found the money from greater than expected tax revenue, albeit during the lifetime of this parliament. Hope his crystal ball is reliable.
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Yes, an additional £27bn is a little different from the tax revenue predictions from just two weeks ago - amazing what can happen in a fortnight that changes the whole financial outlook for the next four years.
A few sneaky things he didn't declare in parliament, like cutting money to parliamentary opposition parties. I would have loved to have seen the reaction if he had announced that one in the house.
Government debt is still going up and even his optimistic figures state it will go up for another 4 years.
A lot of money borrowed and a lot of cuts = a lot of money disappearing (in a few pockets).
There's a real danger that the left will drag Britain back to the 1970s, with secure well-paid jobs, ample housing, properly-funded NHS and social care, free tuition, student grants, final salary pensions, affordable rail fares and fabulous films and music. David Osland 2025 We don't do charity in Germany, we pay taxes. Charity is a failure of governments' responsibilities - Henning Wehn https://ddue.uk
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Yet another warning of low GDP growth today .... so a warning before the spending review and a warning after, yet the spending review assumed an unexpected growth in tax receipts???
Osbourne's spending did look like a Gordon Brown special.
There's a real danger that the left will drag Britain back to the 1970s, with secure well-paid jobs, ample housing, properly-funded NHS and social care, free tuition, student grants, final salary pensions, affordable rail fares and fabulous films and music. David Osland 2025 We don't do charity in Germany, we pay taxes. Charity is a failure of governments' responsibilities - Henning Wehn https://ddue.uk
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Lucy Letby
by diggingdeeper - 16th Dec 2024 7:16pm
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Lucy Letby
by diggingdeeper - 16th Dec 2024 7:16pm
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