[Other Sport] *** 2024 Autumn Budget Official Thread ***

[jcdenton08]

Amidst all the doom and gloom remember this; it couldn’t possibly be as bad as Liz Truss/Quasi Politician‘s Budget of Mental which single handedly destroyed an economy.

 

[KZNSeagull]

What time Is Theeves at the lecturn?

12 hurty, after PMQs

 

[nicko31]

Amidst all the doom and gloom remember this; it couldn’t possibly be as bad as Liz Truss/Quasi Politician‘s Budget of Mental which single handedly destroyed an economy.

She still thinks she's the victim to this day.

 

[jcdenton08]

She still thinks she's the victim to this day.

Mad as a box of frogs.

 

[Giraffe]

Capital Gains Tax rumoured to rise from 20% to 24%. If that's the case that's much better than feared. Suggests the money is coming from somewhere else though.

 

[Springal]

 

[Bob!]

Here goes then.
Is there anything left to announce?

 

[Is it PotG?]

Invest, Invest, Invest.

No catchy 3 word slogans here...no Siree.

 

[Bob!]

A bit of a telling off from Deputy Speaker for all the early releases of details before our Rach delivers the statement.

 

[Is it PotG?]

'Black hole'....BINGO

 

[nicko31]

A bit of a telling off from Deputy Speaker for all the early releases of details before our Rach delivers the statement.

Par for the course these days

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

Par for the course these days

Chris Mason and Faislam Islam made the point on Today this morning, that the reason so much has been leaked was to gauge reaction first.

 

[Curious Orange]

Point of order, checking buildings built using raac concrete should have been happening for at least the last thirty years.

 

[nicko31]

Getting to a budget surplus by 2027-28, sorry but that won't happen

 

[KZNSeagull]

No fuel duty rise

 

[Guinness Boy]

No fuel duty rise

Oh. That renders a good three pages of the Labour thread redundant.

 

[Weststander]

Getting to a budget surplus by 2027-28, sorry but that won't happen

Too many variables e.g. global events, tax shortfalls from altered taxpayer behaviour.

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

Pleased (and surprised) with that.

 

[Weststander]

Oh. That renders a good three pages of the Labour thread redundant.

Greens will be furious about that.

 

[nicko31]

No fuel duty rise

Total bottle jobs