…and added a 20% surcharge on breathing fresh air."
Next up: a new "Fiscal Drag Levy" for anyone who accidentally receives a £1.50 pay rise. You don’t get to keep the £1.50, but you do get a nice thank-you card from the Treasury. 💸🇬🇧
#UKPolitics#TaxTaxesAndMoreTaxes
At this rate, standard Labour policy is going to require us to declare breathing as a "benefit in kind" by next Tuesday.
"We promised not to raise taxes on working people! So instead, we’ve frozen every tax threshold until 2031, raised Employer National Insurance, and…
Metropolitan line again has severe delays, again signalling failure, again not fit for purpose. TFL is failing us again @MayorofLondon this service is a joke.
@AlternatNews Just go back to negotiate, and sort it out. At the end, you will have to negotiate anyway, or perish, or drag the whole of Europe into a WW3. So, better to negotiate now.
Bravo, Burnham. You carried on the Starmer–Reeves legacy by mugging OAPs. A raid on one of Europe’s poorest state pensions. Shame on you.
➡️ You’ll likely be gone by 2029. The damage you can do until then is the real problem.
Oil prices are surging 📈
From trading around $67/bbl in mid-January to topping $101/bbl today following the rejection of Iran’s Hormuz proposal.
With diplomacy faltering, all eyes remain on the Strait of Hormuz. 🛢️🌐
#Oil#Energy#Brent#StraitOfHormuz#Markets
Landlords in the UK will pay a 2% tax surcharge on rental profits, raising property income tax rates to 22%, 42%, and 47%. 🤡
Because nothing says "solving the housing crisis" quite like squeezing small-time landlords until they pass every single penny straight onto tenants.