[Politics] The Labour Government

pocketseagull said:

I believed Starmer and Reeves were too smart to repeat austerity. It appears I was wrong | David Blanchflower

New governments usually come into power offering hope and a break with the past. This one is squandering the opportunity for a fresh start, says David Blanchflower

www.theguardian.com

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timbha said:

Nothing to do with declining birth rates in recent years then?

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Is it PotG? said:

Not really, as I said the better schools are always over subscribed.

Parents obviously want the best for their kids.

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keaton said:

The most popular schools are oversubscribed. It doesn't mean they have any extra children though

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dsr-burnley said:

Tricky one, isn't it. Don't borrow money, it's called austerity; do borrow money, it's storing up debt for us to live better and our descendants to pay for it.

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BadFish said:

There is plenty of money about thigh isn't there. Just need to figure out where it is all going and perhaps send a bit less I. Those directions.

I find it interesting that we are all in a cost of living crisis yet supermarkets who are selling the food to us don't seem to have their profits effected.

I wonder if other companies continue to post healty profits and if they did so during austerity.

I dare say these kind of thoughts make me some kind of communist.

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Thunder Bolt said:

State pension to rise by over £400 next year

This will take the full state pension for men who have retired since 1951 and women since 1953 to around £12,000 in 2025/26.

www.bbc.co.uk

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A1X said:

But...but...I thought Starmer and Reeves hated all old people and wanted rid of them?

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dsr-burnley said:

How much profit is healthy and how much is excessive? Sainsbury's, for example, made sales of over £32 billion last year and had profits of £516 million. That's 1.6% profit on turnover. Even if they made no profit at all they couldn't reduce food prices very much.

https://www.about.sainsburys.co.uk/~/media/Files/S/Sainsburys/documents/reports-and-presentations/annual-reports/2024/sainsbury-annual-report-and-financial-statements-2024.pdf

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Bodian said:

I guess it depends which 'profit' line is looked at. Underlying retail profit was £966m.

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fly high said:

Which is actually not a very high percentage either.

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Sainsbury chief's £5m payday is half what Tesco rival received

Sainsbury's chief exec Simon Roberts (pictured) earned £4.9m as his £933,000 salary was topped up with bonuses, benefits and other awards.

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fly high said:

Which is actually not a very high percentage either.

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BadFish said:

This is a good point but I still take issue that during hard times the companies bottom line is not affected. Surely we should expect businesses profit margins to flex with the consumer economy. I would assume that smaller businesses are feeling the pinch.

The Ceo of both sainsbury's and Tescos certainly aren't feeling the pinch of the cost of living crisis like everyone else.

Sainsbury chief's £5m payday is half what Tesco rival received

Sainsbury's chief exec Simon Roberts (pictured) earned £4.9m as his £933,000 salary was topped up with bonuses, benefits and other awards.

www.google.com

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Bold Seagull said:

So all your experience of education to date is your own as a child, and some teachers you know? You haven’t actually volunteered, you don’t really know what goes on around SEND in schools, and most of this stuff like teachers bribing kids with sweats is another right brain fantasy.

I’ve tried a dialogue with you on a sensible level, but you don’t come back with anything to back up the wide ranging statements you make. It’s all hot air and old tropes about teaching and teachers.

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Thunder Bolt said:

State pension to rise by over £400 next year

This will take the full state pension for men who have retired since 1951 and women since 1953 to around £12,000 in 2025/26.

www.bbc.co.uk

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BadFish said:

We are at the beginnings of our understanding of neurodoversity and schools are doing their best to respond to it.

However schools are still largely operated in the traditional manner which requires a fair amount of conformity of learning styles. Schools recognise the importance of differentiation and catering to different brains, interests and motivators and generally do their best within the limitations of the model we work under.

To my mind the revolution required to make education properly equitable will be expensive and unpalatable to those holding the purse strings.

My advice in your fight for equality is to vote for the party most willing to fund education and follow the model of successful education systems.

I believe that Finland who are currently at the pinnacle of education around the world chose to discontinue private education options outside faith or Montessori/Steiner schools.

I would ask you, how do you expect their to be equality in education with such a disparity in resources between private and state schools? Or are you only interested in equality between neuro diverse and nehotypical students.

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cjd said:

So, the the average state pension rise in 2025 will be £400.00 per annum.

The average wage in the UK in the UK( according to Forbes ) was £ 35,880.00

The average increase at July 2024 was 5.4 % which amounts to £ 1,937.00 per annum.


Thankyou so much, all you political parties for your generosity.

Seriously....who the f*** needs the WFA when average earnings increase by £1,937 Per Annum and state pensions by the the almighty £400 per annum.

Forgive me for saying so , but the three witches now running this country ( Sue Gray, Rachel Reeves and Angela Rayno)r can go and f**k themselves.

PS; And please , let the soapbox posters have a field day with their utter bollocks. Off you go....

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cjd said:

So, the the average state pension rise in 2025 will be £400.00 per annum.

The average wage in the UK in the UK( according to Forbes ) was £ 35,880.00

The average increase at July 2024 was 5.4 % which amounts to £ 1,937.00 per annum.


Thankyou so much, all you political parties for your generosity.

Seriously....who the f*** needs the WFA when average earnings increase by £1,937 Per Annum and state pensions by the the almighty £400 per annum.

Forgive me for saying so , but the three witches now running this country ( Sue Gray, Rachel Reeves and Angela Rayno)r can go and f**k themselves.

PS; And please , let the soapbox posters have a field day with their utter bollocks. Off you go....

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