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Remember it well, very well as it was covered extensively on the BBC and ITV local news channels, you've got it fairly correct. I'm sure there was reference to other places in GM where it could have happened as well which put the other local councils on notice.
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Interesting point made on Sky is that the Conservatives are looking to wipe out NI and merge into tax so you have one bill.Originally posted by Neon Ignition View Post
Personally didn't like the NI cut would have liked to see any cut put into the tax thresholds.Comment
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I can’t see how they can in any meaningful sense abolish NI, it’s just a BS policy to try and seem fresh or new. NI contributions after all are integral to the benefit system, including State Pension. It would be a massive reform and not one Tories or more conservative types are likely to support. Let’s be honest. They have no serious intention or prospect of following through.Originally posted by Anpanman View PostComment
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Sounds like a plan to take more money off me reach monthComment
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Income tax likely to go up if national insurance scrapped, Hunt suggests | Budget 2024 (spring) | The Guardian
Labour calls the NI plan an unfunded tax cut
This will be the first Parliament in history to end with living standards having fallen
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From what Sky were reporting yesterday they were trumping it as if the cat was out of the bag and the Conservative MP they had on backed it up, they weren't saying NI would be scrapped rather merged into overall tax so you only see one line on your wage/salary slip instead of two.Originally posted by egparadigm View Post
Believe the Guardian are reporting on it.
Of course whichever group of MP's would be in charge of NI removal we would end up paying more just like they did a number on us with the state pension increase a few years ago.
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An expert on the radio earlier was highlighting that in 2024 the Tories have confirmed £9bn in tax cuts, but for 2023 and 2025 already locked in over £40bn in tax rises making yesterdays announcements pure election gaslighting
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Sadiq Khan says roadside pollutants falling faster in London than rest of UK | Air pollution | The Guardian
England's roadside pollutants have fallen by 35% is the headline news here, rather than Khan's London-centric attempt to make people dizzy with spinComment
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Might be quicker to list who will be standing for the Tories next GE.Originally posted by Neon Ignition View PostComment
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He's certainly making me dizzy, my head is spinning, it's like a whirlpool it just never ends...Originally posted by Neon Ignition View PostComment
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A police escorted motorcade went through our town on Friday who was it, Slimy Rishi and Mr Pants man Philip Davis taking credit for money being given to Bingley pool to refurb and reopen it. Problem is, Bingley town council is Labour, and they're the ones that have been doing all the work to secure funding for it.
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Three Tory ex-home secretaries warn against politicising anti-extremism | Michael Gove | The Guardian
Seems pretty sure that Priti Patel objects to this because she'd be immediately controvening the new definition
First post-op photo of Princess of Wales withdrawn due to ‘manipulation’ | Catherine, Princess of Wales | The Guardian
Royals photoshop a selfie shocker!
Lee Anderson officially returns to his natural homeComment
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Lee Anderson of Reform UK, formerly the Conservatives, formerly Independent, formerly Labour appears to be looking out for Lee Anderson.
What a loathsome man, topping up his salary as a GB News presenter with an MP's wages.
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Suspension of Conservative whip
On 24 February 2024, Anderson had the Conservative parliamentary whip suspended for his refusal to apologise for comments in a GB News discussion on an article by former Home Secretary Suella Braverman where she had stated that "The truth is that the Islamists, the extremists and the antisemites are in charge now".
Anderson alleged that "Islamists" controlled London, its Mayor Sadiq Khan, and the Labour Party leader Keir Starmer, saying: "I don't actually believe that the Islamists have got control of our country, but what I do believe is they've got control of Khan and they've got control of London, and they've got control of Starmer as well."
GB News issued a statement on 26 February, which had been drafted by Anderson two days earlier in which he declined to apologise for his comments but said that his "words may have been clumsy but... were borne out of sheer frustration at what is happening to our beautiful capital city."
He was criticised by Labour and some Conservative Party politicians including former Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid and the party's leader in the London Assembly Neil Garratt.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stated that Anderson's comments were "wrong, unacceptable and ill-judged" but he did not believe he was "racist or Islamophobic".Comment
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Really and truly, the rules for triggering MP by-elections should also include political party defections.Comment
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