@julianHjessop 1) what’s the split between private and public sector? Feels like private sector is contracting sharply and only public sector inflation is providing any growth?
2) what does this look like as GDP per capita?
@julianHjessop I have this vision of the Budget announcement being run like the draw for the third round of the FA Cup - a big bowl with numbered balls for each policy and Kier and Rachel taking turns to pick one.
@Keir_Starmer Your lower NIC thresholds and higher minimum wage level are proving pretty effective at smashing businesses in the UK so perhaps you should extend these regimes to the people smugglers.
@jburnmurdoch @CRobertson500 "exist solely"???? For those that care to think and assess it also makes it much easier to access all different opinions. Not an opportunity that existed before social media........
@julianHjessop In a client state the "workers" - in particular the public sector employees - are the infrastructure so the spending is going there. OF course taxes on S&I won't affect private sector incentives....sarcasm aside, spot on - almost as if Labour have lost their nerve already.
@julianHjessop How about GDP per capita? Japan's population is shrinking by ? 0.8% pa ATM? While UK is rising by ? 1% + a lot of small boats? So even to keep pace UK has to outperform Japan by 1.8%...