Best money making scheme I've heard all year...RobertSnozers wrote:Well of course. We have to encourage that sort of aspiration and entrepreneurial spirityahyah wrote:& allow them to rent it out to the next patient for profit ?RobertSnozers wrote:I hear the Tories are going to allow people to buy their own hospital bed if they've been waiting in A&E more than four hours
Q: [From the Guardian’s Nicholas Watt] All this mention of the Good Life, is this a return to the sunny Cameron of pre-2010. And do you see you and Samantha as the Tom and Barbara, or Margo and Jerry?
Maybe if OGRFG has shown real leadership, instead of letting his Cabinet use him as a doormat, they could all have been saved the embarrassment of the Courts eventually having to say "No".When people said we should change course economically, George Osborne said no. When people opposed her plans, Theresa May said no and did not give in. And when he was urged to ditch his welfare reform plans, Iain Duncan Smith said no too.
As I've just said in the Other Place, a couple of years ago a few of us said it was only a matter of time before the Tories looked at stitching coloured badges on clothing (to screams of "Godwin's Law" from the usual suspects); we thought it was very dark humour, it seems we were simply being prophetic.ohsocynical wrote:Shameful...What have we come to.
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When you read all the things Labour are planning to do, you realise just how far this country has gone to the dogs under the Coalition.Khan confirms Labour plans for automatic voter registration
Sadiq Khan Voter registration
It was alluded to in yesterday’s manifesto, but Sadiq Khan will today confirm that a Labour government would implement automatic voter registration.
http://labourlist.org/2015/04/khan-conf ... istration/
Gordon constituency don't want Alex Salmond.ohsocynical wrote:Roberto Robles @robertoroblesf
@chrishanretty interesting that on @Election4castUK SNP lead in Gordon down from 36% to 6%. Any particular reason? Is it the Yougov data?
There you go...national academy chains are now 'local people'.There are over 250 new free schools – set up and run by local people – delivering better education for the children who need it most.
Right-to-buy: What is it – and why are the Tories doomed to repeat the mistakes of Thatcher?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/po ... 74767.html
Is there anyone, except the Tories themselves, in favour of this?The Chartered Institute of Housing has launched a scathing attack on the Conservatives’ right to buy plans. This is from Gavin Smart, its deputy chief executive.
Extending right to buy to housing associations is not going to tackle the housing crisis – in fact it could make things worse for people on lower incomes who are already struggling to access a decent home at a price they can afford.
Individual tenants might benefit from the opportunity to own a home, but we would be very concerned that it would result in a dramatic loss of vital social and affordable housing. The Conservatives say that forcing councils to sell off their most valuable properties would fund this extension plus 400,000 new homes over five years – we fear the figures simply won’t stack up. And it could have a huge impact on councils’ ability to build new homes, particularly in more expensive areas like London and the south east, where it might actually make more sense for them to borrow against the value of these properties so they can fund more homes.
The Conservatives say each home sold under the extended right to buy would be replaced on a one-for-one basis – but we know this is not happening under the current scheme. Our research has shown that most authorities only expect to be able to replace half or fewer of the homes they sell under right to buy. And government figures show that between April 2012 and last September councils started or acquired 2,298 homes using right to buy receipts – just one for every 11 sold.
refitman wrote:From AS Blog:Is there anyone, except the Tories themselves, in favour of this?The Chartered Institute of Housing has launched a scathing attack on the Conservatives’ right to buy plans. This is from Gavin Smart, its deputy chief executive.
Extending right to buy to housing associations is not going to tackle the housing crisis – in fact it could make things worse for people on lower incomes who are already struggling to access a decent home at a price they can afford.
Individual tenants might benefit from the opportunity to own a home, but we would be very concerned that it would result in a dramatic loss of vital social and affordable housing. The Conservatives say that forcing councils to sell off their most valuable properties would fund this extension plus 400,000 new homes over five years – we fear the figures simply won’t stack up. And it could have a huge impact on councils’ ability to build new homes, particularly in more expensive areas like London and the south east, where it might actually make more sense for them to borrow against the value of these properties so they can fund more homes.
The Conservatives say each home sold under the extended right to buy would be replaced on a one-for-one basis – but we know this is not happening under the current scheme. Our research has shown that most authorities only expect to be able to replace half or fewer of the homes they sell under right to buy. And government figures show that between April 2012 and last September councils started or acquired 2,298 homes using right to buy receipts – just one for every 11 sold.
Labour’s Great Recession weakened Britain on the world stage. They left a £38 billion black hole in the defence budget,
Oh, here we go . . . .Higher earners will benefit from tax free minimum wage law, Tories admit
The Conservatives have sent out more details of their plan to ensure that people on the minimum wage do not have to pay income tax. They are going to call it the tax free minimum wage law.
Higher-rate tax payers could also benefit, according to the briefing note the party has issued. In fact, even though it is being pitched as a law for those on the minimum wage, you could equally describe it as an anti-fiscal drag law. It would be nice to see a distributional impact; it could turn out that Telegraph readers (who are obsessed by fiscal drag, if the paper’s coverage is anything to go by) could be the real beneficiaries. (Guardian, Election Blog - my emphasis)
PorFavor wrote:Perhaps I've misheard - but the Green Party has apparently had printed only a sort of "edited highlights" manifesto in order to save paper!
PorFavor wrote:Tax-free minimum wage - how will that work? It's an hourly rate. Is there to be an upper limit on the number of hours' work to be tax-free? (Just a bit of idle musing on my part - I'm thinking of the on-paper fiddles that could be possible.)
How does Tory policy giving big businesses greater tax breaks encourage businesses to hire anyone?Tory 2015 Manifesto Jobs
We will:
help businesses to create two million new jobs, so we achieve full employment
give businesses the most competitive taxes of any major economy
back small firms with a major business rates review
support three million new apprenticeships, so young people acquire the skills to succeed
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Look to the last five years of what constitutes Tory employment for people without trust funds.The corporation tax rate is currently 23 per cent and will be reduced further to 20 per cent by 2015 – the lowest it has ever been in the UK, the lowest in the G7 and joint lowest in the G20.
The UK has completely changed the basis on which it taxes overseas profits, moving from a system of worldwide taxation to a broadly territorial system where the focus is on taxing profits in the UK.
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Wages in the UK have done nothing but fall - the latest median wage information from the ONS I've seen shows the low wage trend occurring over a longer period of time but have absolutely stalled & reversed in many occupations during the Tory coalition government.Apprentice*
2014 (current rate) £2.73
Anyone in their first year as an apprentice is currently paid that amount
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If the last five years is the Tory idea of bountiful, fulfilling employment for the population of the UK, forget it, it absolutely not good enough. I'm not feeling well."Whatever stage of life you are at – whether you’re looking for your first job out of school, or
coming to the end of your career – we will work to help you enjoy the satisfaction and rewards
of a decent job."
- Tory Manifesto 2015
It's both Ephie. Next question.ephemerid wrote:I'm not sure how much I should be worrying.
Whenever the BBC does it's little vox-pop things (on the news or other programmes) I am not hearing anything good about Labour.
I don't know if the reporters are seeking out people who will not say they're voting Labour or if they are deliberately using Tory-inclined people for these reports. The DP blokes all seemed to be keen on telling us they're working people who want more tax breaks.
The there was that idiotic woman on the news just now who thinks extending RTB is a marvellous thing. I despair sometimes.
If this is what voters really think, we're stuffed.
So just out & out full bore lying.RogerOThornhill wrote:Bloody hell, we've got both the lie about rail investment being the most since Victorian times and this...
Labour’s Great Recession weakened Britain on the world stage. They left a £38 billion black hole in the defence budget,
You're not kidding me are you?utopiandreams wrote:News Flash: Theresa May has awarded a shoe-shopping trip valued at £17,500 to Natalie Elphicke for services to the Tory Party.
Posted earlier under AS at the G, but see that ohsocynical has made it topical here too.
Bollocks to that - if you've emigrated 15 years or more ago, you made a choice that you don't want to be part of this country.We will complete the electoral register, by working to include more of the five million Britons who live abroad. We will introduce votes for life, scrapping the rule that bars British citizens who have lived abroad for more than 15 years from voting.
Stimulating housing supply - Government initiatives - Commons Library Standard Note
Published 09 December 2014 | Standard notes SN06416
This note summarises measures taken by the Government to increase housing supply.
The long-term failure of successive Governments to build enough housing to meet growing need is widely accepted.
The Government has not set targets for increasing housing supply while the Labour Party has committed to building 200,000 homes a year by 2020.
Reviews into housing supply include Government commissioned work led by Natalie Elphicke into the role that local authorities could play in increasing the supply of housing.
http://www.parliament.uk/business/publi ... nitiatives
FOREWORD BY NATALIE ELPHICKE AND KEITH HOUSE
In the years leading up to the recession, UK housebuilding failed to deliver the homes needed for our country. Through and beyond the recession, housebuilding contracted further. Government has made the building of new homes a priority. The planning system has been extensively reformed, infrastructure guarantees have been devised to support housebuilding, more than £18 billion of financial support has been given to housebuilding and to housing providers. The roles and responsibilities of councils have been transformed, through the Localism Act 2011 and the self financing settlement for council homes. Much has been achieved.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... _FINAL.pdf
Sounds sensible. And one of their key proposals, a nationwide programme of home insulation, is a Miliband policy from six years ago; recycling, a central tenet of Green philosophy. :pPorFavor wrote:Perhaps I've misheard - but the Green Party has apparently had printed only a sort of "edited highlights" manifesto in order to save paper!
Agreed. I want to take this opportunity to thank you, RogerOThornhill. Never let it be said that government doesn't matter, they're all just the same. Not all governments are the same & not all governments are good for the country & people.RogerOThornhill wrote:Check this little one out that's just been spotted.
Bollocks to that - if you've emigrated 15 years or more ago, you made a choice that you don't want to be part of this country.We will complete the electoral register, by working to include more of the five million Britons who live abroad. We will introduce votes for life, scrapping the rule that bars British citizens who have lived abroad for more than 15 years from voting.
PorFavor wrote:BBC on the manifesto launch "he[DC] brandished his glossy manifesto".
I hope it bore a sticker bearing the words "Do Not Bend".
And washed his hands after...PorFavor wrote:BBC on the manifesto launch "he[DC] brandished his glossy manifesto".
I hope it bore a sticker bearing the words "Do Not Bend".
Temulkar wrote:30 hours a week on minimum wage is £10452 pa. The personal allowance is already £10600. Is it me or the tories that have got their sums wrong.
Whenever I hear a politician refer to "local people" these 2 spring to mind:RogerOThornhill wrote:Tories in lying about who opens free schools non-chocker...
There you go...national academy chains are now 'local people'.There are over 250 new free schools – set up and run by local people – delivering better education for the children who need it most.
I thought the same but my maths are so bad I wondered if it was me.Temulkar wrote:30 hours a week on minimum wage is £10452 pa. The personal allowance is already £10600. Is it me or the tories that have got their sums wrong.
