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THE BUDGET

SirNorbertClarke

28 Oct 26 12:47

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Healey only has 5/- wiggle room so he's going to have to be creative.

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By:

ImSoLuckyLucky! When: 28 Oct 26 13:56

Has he announced that BETFAIR
is CLOSING DOWN?

By:

----you-have-to-laugh--- When: 28 Oct 26 13:59

He's still in shock at being banned by betfair forum. He likely needs more time
before he speaks about it in public.

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----you-have-to-laugh--- When: 28 Oct 26 14:04

I’m increasing the threshold for Small Business Rate Relief for retail hospitality and leisure businesses from £12,000 to £18,000. That means, for 70,000 more businesses I’m not just cutting their rates, I’m taking them out of paying business rates altogether – meaning half of our shops, restaurants and gyms will now pay no business rates at all.

By:

----you-have-to-laugh--- When: 28 Oct 26 14:05

we took VAT off electricity for 29 million households, Today I’m extending that VAT cut through the winter and spring to July, taking £50 off the annual price cap

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----you-have-to-laugh--- When: 28 Oct 26 14:10

To pay for this support for our high streets, I am raising taxes on gambling – by increasing Machine Games Duty from 20% to 25% for higher stakes machines, while protecting pubs and seaside arcades. I will carve out adult gaming centres and vape shops from business rate reliefs,

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----you-have-to-laugh--- When: 28 Oct 26 14:12

Cash ISA cut SCRAPPED. The limit will stay at £20,000 tax-free for people of all ages. And to make investment more accessible I will work with the sector to form a new "starter ISA" to make investment more accessible.

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lapsy pa When: 28 Oct 26 14:23

Waiting for the bad stuff but so far very good for people imo.

By:

Dotchinite When: 28 Oct 26 14:24

Lying about the amount they will save by altering the triple lock.

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the old nanny ;-) When: 28 Oct 26 14:35

He is sending everyone a oner , or does that go to the Companies ? How would they have folks bank Details ?

By:

Dotchinite When: 28 Oct 26 14:37

Pretty much a nothing budget dodging any big and unpopular decisions while handing out a few pennies to seem generous. You could almost think there is an election coming soon.

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----you-have-to-laugh--- When: 28 Oct 26 14:46

100 goes to council tax payers at property.

They've got yer bank details if you pay.

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lapsy pa When: 28 Oct 26 14:46

Same as last time i think TON.

The forecast economically not great going forward and while it is a 'quiet' budget i do think with businesses he is trying to cushion it with this easy one.

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----you-have-to-laugh--- When: 28 Oct 26 14:47

I'd expect more jam if there was an election ahead.

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the old nanny ;-) When: 28 Oct 26 14:48

Okey doke

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SirNorbertClarke When: 28 Oct 26 14:51

Kemi seems to think the UK was an economic paradise up until July 2024

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Mr Spock When: 28 Oct 26 15:39

A neutral budget with some candy thrown here and there to try and appease a few. Election coming next year methinks.

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Escapee When: 28 Oct 26 15:57

Labour have a massive majority, and can wait upto 3 years to call an election.

I can't think of any reason they are likely to call an election in 2027.

Next General Election -- Year Of Next UK General Election

4 Runners £171,109 Matched

			103%	97.7%
2026	17.5	18	20	22	23	24	£78,242
	£3	£58	£31	£2	£2	£4
2027	2.92	2.94	2.96	3	3.2	3.25	£46,599
	£115	£562	£655	£13	£3	£30
2028	6.2	6.4	6.6	7.4	7.6	8	£6,105
	£12	£50	£9	£10	£29	£1
2029 or later	1.94	1.96	2.04	2.16	2.18	2.2	£40,163
	£34	£32	£19	£2,000	£31	£150

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the old nanny ;-) When: 28 Oct 26 16:02

I would hold on that statement Escapee , Starmer Reeve and Lammy were roaring about ten years

at least Burnham has steadied the ship

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Escapee When: 28 Oct 26 16:05

Thinking about it a bit more, I just layed all the available 2026 up to 25's

Next General Election -- Year Of Next UK General Election

4 Runners £171,164 Matched

				104.2%	95.9%
-£353.37	2026	18.5	20	21	26	27	28	£78,271
		£2	£31	£5	£58	£29	£112
£15.22	2027	2.92	2.94	2.96	3.1	3.2	3.25	£46,625
		£115	£562	£656	£4	£3	£30
£15.22	2028	6.2	6.4	6.6	7.4	7.6	8	£6,105
		£6	£50	£9	£10	£29	£1
£15.22	2029 or later	1.94	1.96	1.98	2.16	2.18	2.2	£40,163
		£49	£3	£6	£2,028	£4	£150

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MrStrawMan When: 28 Oct 26 17:25

The country is bankrupt and the debt is increasing every second , they just juggle the money around , come up with ideas that will cost millions and save people peanuts .

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Escapee When: 28 Oct 26 17:37

The country is bankrupt and the debt is increasing every second , they just juggle the money around , come up with ideas that will cost millions and save people peanuts .

The country is bankrupt because half the money "earnt" is squirreled away to tax havens.

E.G.

30 years ago, someone who worked at woolworths, for every tenner they earnt woolworths also made a tenner (ballpark figures) and both the worker and the employee were taxed.

Today, someone who works at ASDA, for every tenner they earn ASDA also earn a tenner (ballpark figures), Today only the worker is taxed, ASDA don't pay any tax on the tenner they earn.

The country can not thrive if the tax burden is paid by the workers and not also paid by the wealthy businesses.

Simple economics.

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the old nanny ;-) When: 28 Oct 26 22:39

The UK government announced a new £10 billion ($13.29 billion) financial and military support package for Ukraine during the October 28, 2026 Budget statement

U cannot make it up TBH

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the old nanny ;-) When: 28 Oct 26 22:39

How much money have we sent them ?

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----you-have-to-laugh--- When: 28 Oct 26 22:43

You Russian shills having a bad week.

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the old nanny ;-) When: 28 Oct 26 22:54

Not really Donnie , just think there are folks in this country could do with Help ahead of Zalenko and his Buddies

love to to see an Audit of all the Money they have received for the War Effort

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----you-have-to-laugh--- When: 28 Oct 26 23:27

Audit the Russian monets first

See where it's going, yootoob seems to
get you mugs active, and you don't even
get paid to shill for Russia.

Patriots, lol, comrades.

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Escapee When: 29 Oct 26 01:25

Not really Donnie , just think there are folks in this country could do with Help ahead of Zalenko and his Buddies

This is exactly what Roosevelt said about Churchill/UK from 1939 to 1942.

Who was right, you or Churchill?

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Shrewd_dude When: 29 Oct 26 09:17

The pro Iran lefties on here love us giving our money to other countries for defence whilst we let in Iranian spy’s to cause damage to our airbases rather than spending it on our own military Nanny.

They’re the same people who support demented pally lovers breaking in to our own airbases and causing damage to RAF planes coincidentally enough.