Gas and electricity bills going up by 25% from January and they want to give Ukraine 10 billion pounds! I just don’t understand anything anymore. Does anything in our lives make sense? We are all being shafted at the highest levels. It’s just not sustainable. We have the highest energy bills in the whole of Europe.
Following the proposed changes to payment of tax under self assessment, I've tried to model the potential real world impact on sole traders and partners. It's not easy because life is complicated.
Many businesses don't have a great first half of the year, making most of their profit from October onwards. These are going to suffer the worst - being forced to pay tax on income they haven't even earned yet.
There will also be a painful transitional year, although the Government is considering ways to soften the impact without changing the overall effect.
Some relatively modest changes, like paying tax monthly with a 3 month delay, could make a big difference to whether businesses can cope.
The Government has stated it is continuing to work with stakeholders on the timing and frequency of payments. It should accept that the natural business cycle means demanding tax on income before it is earned would be wrong, and any change to current rules must accommodate that commercial reality.
https://t.co/98XIoH2gRQ
Under the new proposals you will pay your tax perhaps monthly or quarterly (TBC) from April 2029 onwards.
Do they think I have nothing better to do than sit down and do my taxes EVERY MONTH?
Look at this, stashed away on page 118 of the budget...
The Government is implementing visa salary requirement changes from spring 2027 that will reduce 'occupation-specific minimum salary thresholds from the median to the 25th percentile of wages'.
In short, making it FAR easier for firms to hire migrants.
Why are they lowering barriers to overseas workers instead of training British men and women?
British people do not want more immigration.
At all.
Hidden in the budget
Another 2% hike on income tax on property and savings
Keeping your money in the bank is going to get smashed by tax
24%
44%
49%
Are the next tax rates
Build a business for 25 years.
Sell it for a £1m gain.
Today's Budget halves the lifetime limit for Business Asset Disposal Relief, from £1m to £500,000.
Tax on that sale was about £180,000.
Now it is about £210,000.
That is £30,000 less for the owner.
#Budget2026
Hmmm. The budget. So some minor savings with tariffs etc that might save someone £100 year. The killer blow is the VAT added to purchases on Amazon/Ebay etc. adding 20% to things bought online.
https://t.co/ptFzQT62zR
This is unbelievable.
I read this with absolute horror and total disgust.
This cannot be happening in our country.
I’m at a total loss for words.
“The case was investigated by Lancashire Police but criminal charges did not follow”……why? ……could someone more qualified explain this to me.
As for all the organisations named that should protect the public…. failing…..and showing they are not fit for purpose.
@YvetteCooperMP@DHSCgovuk@DWP@ShabanaMahmood@KemiBadenoch@DamianHinds@Helen_Whately
Folks When I challenge the Commissioner & @MayorofLondon on crime in London I put my/victims/public side of the evidence; soon I will post on all the Stabbings in London in past few months which Include 2 x FIVE Stabbings in One Incident & another with FOUR Victims in ONE Incident; I deal with the REAL Stats of the Death & Hell the victim’s/families go through👇🤷♂️
You remember the Cambridge train attack last year where a bloke tried stabbing 10 or more people?
His trial started today.
Not worthy of front page news apparently
https://t.co/ceNqvouZ8Q
Just a suggestion for anyone who is the focal point of ANY story by mainstream media, either written or tv. If they follow you, turn up at your house, confront you or take photos of you whilst with family members, post any photos of anywhere that ca be identified then IMMEDIATELY make a police complaint about the fear, distress, harassment and genuine fear of violence it has caused to you, your family, your children. Do it every single time to EVERY mainstream journalist. Overwhelm them and the police with reports and potential legal cases.
The precedent has now been set, so it must be used. Whoever you are, whatever your story is, turn it around on them and make formal complaints.
Tonight, my family and I experienced something no family should ever have to go through.
Our restaurant, Singh’s Dining Restaurant in Hammersmith, was attacked by a group of Islamists.
We had been receiving death threats every single day, including one that specifically warned us that 28 October would be our last day.
We raised our concerns, and the @metpoliceuk were aware of the threats. Yet tonight, we found ourselves facing the very nightmare we had feared.
My daughter had to close the shutters just in time. I cannot even begin to imagine what might have happened if she hadn’t acted so quickly. We could have lost someone in our family tonight.
The attackers reportedly tried for a long time to break through the shutters to get inside, leaving shortly before the police arrived.
We have serious concerns about how the attackers knew when to leave, and whether they were alerted before the police arrived. These concerns deserve a thorough and transparent investigation.
Tonight, I am left facing a heartbreaking decision, Do we keep our doors open and risk our lives, or do we shut down the business we have worked so hard to build because I don’t serve Halal food.
No family should ever have to choose between their livelihood and their safety. No one should have to live in fear in their own place of work.
I am angry. I am heartbroken. I am frightened for my family’s safety.
I am calling on the @metpoliceuk to take these threats seriously, investigate tonight’s attack thoroughly, and ensure that my family is protected.
Please share this post. Let our voices be heard. We should not have to wait for someone to lose their life before our safety is taken seriously.
Enough IS Enough.
#Justice
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Thank you @Support for terminating this scam in reasonable time.
Frauds are getting more sophisticated, please be careful out there!!!
God bless.
They hate us.
They want businesses to pay tax on money *they have not yet earnt*…
How do seasonal businesses do this?
In Lincs the two biggest sectors are tourism and agriculture.
Both seasonal.
For both income is very focused around certain times.
The idea an arable farmer, a seaside hotel, attraction or holiday park has 1/4 of its annual income by April is laughably ignorant.
Except it’s a deadly serious threat to the businesses’ survival.
This government hates business.
Has John Healey driven what could be the final nail into the coffin of the buy-to-let market by increasing tax on rental income from 2027?
This will disincentivise people from speculating on buy-to-let. Now harder for landlords to pass on costs to renters because of the Renters' Rights Act tribunal.
Tax specialist @BlickRothenberg warns +2% on rental income is the final nail in the coffin for private investors in rental properties (rates of 24%, 44% & 49%) & a deduction for interest restricted to the basic rate will mean landlords sell up and invest elsewhere. #Budget2026
BREAKING NEWS! In ‘Relatively Safe’ London? MULTIPLE Shootings across London; EIGHT DEAD; One is reported Brain Dead in ITU 1% of Survival & Hey Fucking ho another TWO Shootings last night leaves one with ‘Life Changing’ Injuries! SAFE London? Please Fuck Off @MayorofLondon👇🤷♂️🙄