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29 Oct 24
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inheritance reforms (some merited, some just to squeeze more money out)
fuel duty rise (5p of which is fair enough as relief was brought in when fuel prices were high..maybe 1p on top would be ok but I'd guess 2p) tax increase on alcohol possibly - though last increase reduced revenue. |
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IHT is a joke. The mega rich pay next to nothing on their estates and farms.
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Tony Benn's IHT was settled by giving his sodding diaries to the country!
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I think farms (tax relief) is one of the areas being looked at according to multiple media outlets..
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Make it tough and ease off up to next election.
Announce that tax allowances won't rise, then raise them because the medicine is working, blah blah. Hopefully the budget allows an interest rate cut pdq |
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Martin lewis
Good news. The Carers Allowance earnings threshold will be increased from £151 to at least £181 in the #Budget tomorrow, starting April 2025. So carers can earn more and still receive the allowance. Still waiting to hear... - Will the allowance itself increase - Crucially will they replace the cliff-edge with a taper (ie you don't lose all the money for just being 1p over) |
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NI-Pensions
Its a 999-1 SHOT  |
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carers allowance threshold a postive could do with it being even a Little higher
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Landlords penalised. Increasing shortage of available DECENT properties for rent.
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But extra supply of those houses brings prices down for those looking to get on the ladder.
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Tax the fook out of those parasites.
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Slicer • October 29, 2024 1:28 PM GMT
Landlords penalised. Increasing shortage of available DECENT properties for rent. why is that? Are they going to burn down the houses? |
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They might do, for the insurance. Might be the only way to get out of Labour's clutches. It won't be financially viable to be a landlord.
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Who cares about landlords who want to make other people pay for a property for them
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People who can't afford a deposit to buy their own property care about landlords. Rent in London is already way over the top. If there is a worse shortage, rent will go up. Property has never been my choice of investment. But I know landlords who've already ad enough & are selling up. This government can only make matters worse.
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Maybe a kind of begrudging caring? It is an immoral(imo) way to make money on the back of that though.
There is a big problem and landlords are a huge part of it,the more that sell up and made to surely won't be a bad thing? |
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That's the way capitalism works. And if anyone thinks Labour has an alternative to landlords, don't hols your breath. There are going to be many "average" people hit by tomorrow's budget.
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A lot of people don't want to buy Lapsy (agree there is a problem with housing in the UK more generally)..
upwardly mobile types - last thing they want is the hassle of buying, selling, mortgages etc.. affordable decent housing whether rent or buy and a reasonable balance of the two is the ideal.. plenty of countries where buying is far less prevalent historically than here and often the model works better.. |
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Unfortunately i agree, but still cannot justify their buying,letting it out to others with a bit on top as captains of industry,i do think something will happen due to that minister refusing to answer whether landlords more or less contributed to the economy, my answer is they only contribute to themselves primarily and asking others to pay their expenses is not at all right in any way.
As you said i can't give you an alternative,a pity. |
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Single biggest issue is to build more housing, prevent land being sat on after purchase etc..to inflate new builds and control supply..
having solid (but fair to landlords and tenants) regulations that protect against exploitation.. both of those things are achievable in my opinion.. and finally a bigger commitment to social housing, some of which is a disgrace currently. |
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Well said^
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Do you want an entrepreneur to buy the run down sh1thole and get into a condition for a family to live in , or would you prefer she just took the safe 5% return on her dough ?
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I would prefer wholesale clearance of victorian terraced estates and replace them with modern eco efficient properties fit for families
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Yes JTG,i would,walk down your street and you know straight off which houses are rented and which are owned. Tenants rightly don't really invest in the property and after the honeymoon period you gave as an example it is nearly exclusively about yield then.
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Nobby deflects and ignores the question - and gives a vague utopian non answer.
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Do you want an entrepreneur to buy the run down sh1thole and get into a condition for a family to live in , or would you prefer she just took the safe 5% return on her dough ?
Don't let them get run down by slum landlords. |
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You have to allow for somebody to make a profit , or nothing gets invested. Basic stuff.
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Let the previous landlord invest,
That's the problem with the easy monets for feck hall |
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Every landlord is a "slum landlord making easy money'' ?
OK - let the properties sit empty and derelict - and the materials not get bought and the tradesmen not get work. You have no idea. |
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You used that category of property
Lol You arguing with yourself there Ffs |
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The minimum wage will increase by 6.7% this April.
Tuc |
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But isn't the reality of comparing a rented property with an owned one, a tattier garden, could do with a lick of paint, failed double glazed windows with condensation inside,that is just outside, you saying they have carpet fitters, decorators etc in bigtime ? They don't,they want the rent and a minimal spend.
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Went up 9.8% under the Tories in April this year.
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If the property is sh1te then don't rent it or offer less ? Nobody is forced to rent it.
If it isn't done up then it sits empty - or somebody lives there with a tatty garden. Which is better a house that's empty or one that's lived in ? You can have it as it is for £750 a month - or I can put in a new kitchen ./ bathroom / windows and tidy the garden (ffs) but it will be £1050 a month ? Everything is market driven - if the landlords' taxes increase then you get less landlords and less developed properties. It's not complicated. Be a good tenant and look after the property and the landlord will want to keep you sweet and you will be in a better position to negotiate over future rises. Be an ar$ehole and he will want to move you on ASAP. |
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People live in sh1te properties not because of the landlords, but because they don't earn enough dough to live somewhere better.
It's tough kid but it's life. |
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JTG
I'm not interested in half-arsed renovations. We can build eco-friendly housing where you never have to turn the heating on. Houses fit for families that will last hundreds of years. |
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Who pays for it ?
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JTG
UK housing is expensive because so much land is owned by historical murderers (our landed gentry) |
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Who pays for it ?
The people who live in it? |