De Budget...

Btw IDS is an utter twunt.........

Everyone is going to be different but he has clearly helped the very poorest.

Conservatives delivering what they promised at the election. I can't argue with that.

Helped the poorest ? - you watch prices go up to cover any additional wages

No sign of inflation at the moment

I've got a flat tyre, I need inflation.

10% increase in minimum wage in April.  Have I heard that right? 

£7.20/hour. About £1250/month with not much of it spunked on tax due to the rapidly increasing tax thresholds.  Labour must be gutted they would like it more if the poor were getting rinsed so they could pretend to help them.  Well done the tories.

It'll cost the High Street bookies a few quid if it's true.

Are you still an Indie, Pixie?

Still just about hanging in, Guinness.

Good. Have ye increased the machines?

Got the maximum four in. :-(

Traitor..!

Joking aside, it was only a matter of time before ye did. Ye know yerself you would have closed by now without..

Yeh, still facking hate them tho.

I know mucker. Kudos for hanging in though..

Cheers, Guinness, much easier money to be made punting now. Funny how things change.

Tis an ever changing world we live in, Pixie.... I know a song about that.....


We all had to evolve mucker. Or die..

I felt quite emotional at the end of todays budget. Being disabled (proper condition), I was trembling at the thought of my benefits, which are absolutely vital to me, being cut.

When he announced that they were being untouched, protected and would continue to rise with inflation, I could have kissed him. Labour might well have given me more, but I would have been uneasy as I know the country cant afford it.

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I felt quite emotional at the end of todays budget. Being disabled (proper condition), I was trembling at the thought of my benefits, which are absolutely vital to me, being cut.

When he announced that they were being untouched, protected and would continue to rise with inflation, I could have kissed him. Labour might well have given me more, but I would have been uneasy as I know the country cant afford it.

10% increase in minimum wage is brilliant.  Would love a 10% pay rise.

The increase in personal allowance and the amount at which you pay higher rate tax should help

yeah the tories pulled a blinder on the 10% pay rise for sure , gets single people against families also..... very smart dave

single people on news all happy , all mothers crying

What has he done to mothers?

Good idea scrapping student grants too.  Either grants for all or grants for none.

Mothers who work and get wages boosted by tax credits is going down , so they will need to work longer hours for the same wage

http://metro.co.uk/2015/01/29/mother-of-eight-claims-she-is-being-forced-to-...

Im happy with this as its always the job seekers who get the blame for the benefits hen they make up a fraction of them

Good move to make some social housing tenants pay a markey rent. This should have been done years ago.

A no-brainer imo although you could argue about the £30/40k threshold.

lot of good moves imo , tories will be making waves in Scotland in 5 year if they keep this up just dont have kids if you cant afford them simple

you should be able to have kids no matter what unless your not going to be a good parent...basic human right.

although dont have more kids if you cant afford them...chaser should have said

you know what i mean jockey

Already heard people say they wont pay if you have more than 2 children , who are THEY i bet they couldnt answer

Will the Mums go full time now or just go back to not working at all?

Would they need to sing on?

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Take the third child and more and give them to the same sex marriage creatures. Everybody's a winner then. Could even have a wee surcharge to boost the coffers.

creatures , you could be charged for that

so it turns out if you earn 20k a year and your misses works part time *k per annum(you have 2 kids) your over 1k down on the new deal....adjust the 20k figure to anything from 10k to 20 and your still down.

but if you earn 25k ....rest the same.....your 80 quid better off.

down to tax credits.

so the poor have been raided....AGAIN.

we are defo not all in this together....

I'm paying less tax on my pension so I'm happy.

g1 its poor v poor and its worked wonders

aka roll on , hope you enjoy your life and money as you seem a genuine bloke

cheers

I think all MP'S should be tested for drugs oops that's Osbourne out'

The poor have not been raided, they have been living it up since labour got in, now just balancing it for a proper future where votes are not brought.

Nothing taken off the poor ,just the  taxpayer giving them a bit less.

tell someone who cares fck he poor fck the taxes im a freeman

"the poor have been living it up " ??? Get a grip.