Thread: 2010 Budget - Who's looking at emmigration?

Anyone watching? BBC News - Live event - Live coverage: The Budget


So far, Student Loan book and Royal Mail are going to be sold to private.

20% VAT suspected

Reform to Child Tax Credit and Child Benefit


And it's only 15 mins into the Budget!

Child Benefit - 3 year freeze

SureStart will apply for 1st child only

Medical assessment for new and existing Disability claims

Mother expected to return to work as soon as youngest start school

Housing Benefit resetting and restricted entitlement and introducing maximum benefit payment to £210 for 1-bed up £400+ for 4-bed

Not going well!

We are leaving in November!

Corporation Tax cut total 4% over next 4 years

Reduce Small Company tax burden to 20%

No mention of NI or VAT yet.

Anyone watching? BBC News - Live event - Live coverage: The Budget


So far, Student Loan book and Royal Mail are going to be sold to private.

Reform to Child Tax Credit - Reduction for eligibility from £50k to £40k earners

Child Benefit - Frozen for 3 years

Corporation Tax cut total 4% over next 4 years

Reduce Small Company tax burden to 20%

Manufacturing Tax cuts and eased burdens

Banks are to be levied from Jan '11

Originally Posted by sabian

Mother expected to return to work as soon as youngest start school

HA! Looking at it (from the BBC) it's when the ELDEST starts school! And that's only lone parents, if you're still married can you not go back to work? And where's the money for childcare coming from. Stupid bloody idea.

And if half of us get made redundant, where are these jobs they should be going into?

Originally Posted by xaulleo

HA! Looking at it (from the BBC) it's when the ELDEST starts school! And that's only lone parents, if you're still married can you not go back to work? And where's the money for childcare coming from. Stupid bloody idea.

And if half of us get made redundant, where are these jobs they should be going into?

Sorry, you're right - I was typing as listening - it is eldest.

Originally Posted by sabian

Corporation Tax cut total 4% over next 4 years

Reduce Small Company tax burden to 20%

No mention of NI or VAT yet.

Both the company taxes suit me. Makes it sensible not to wind up as we had considered. Especialy as CG tax will be increased.

All the rest, not as bad as I had expected. Child benefit, frozen, thats ok, Medical assessment for new and existing disability clams seems fair to me too.

However...... if anyone told me I HAD to work, wether I wanted to or not..... Surely if you can afford to stay at home and you are not a drain on society... why should you, although thats more aimed at people who ARE a drain on society??

Wow VAT 20% from January!!!!

CG to stay at 18% for low to middle incomes Higher incomes to 28%

Originally Posted by auntylady

However...... if anyone told me I HAD to work, wether I wanted to or not..... Surely if you can afford to stay at home and you are not a drain on society... why should you, although thats more aimed at people who ARE a drain on society??

I presume benefits will be stopped from that date, so it doesn't apply if you don't receive those benefits. It's just the presumption of it that irritates me, many women I know can't work as it would mean they would be shelling out more for childcare than they would earn. And also the fact that jobs are getting fewer and farther between.