[Politics] The Labour Government

[dsr-burnley]

You don't get interest added onto savings pots do you? (i'm not sure). Or do you mean people have saved in an interest-bearing account to help them when they have retired. In which case - they may well be paying some tax on their savings already?

What I am saying is that pension pots are savings, and there are ways of taxing pension pots that will (in theory at least) raise money for the government.

 

[Weststander]

You don't get interest added onto savings pots do you? (i'm not sure). Or do you mean people have saved in an interest-bearing account to help them when they have retired. In which case - they may well be paying some tax on their savings already?

Whether it’s pension savings/investments, or other savings/investments, interest is routinely added to the balances.

People do also save/invest for retirement not under a pensions wrapper, typically in an ISA.

 

[jcdenton08]

I have never heard of beggar being used instead of, I presume, bugger before. Every day is a school day.

Really? I think “cheeky beggar” for instance is quite common.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Really? I think “cheeky beggar” for instance is quite common.

Nope. It’s not common to me. Genuinely can’t recall ever hearing someone substitute beggar for bugger.

 

[jcdenton08]

Nope. It’s not common to me. Genuinely can’t recall ever hearing someone substitute beggar for bugger.

You don’t live in England?

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

You don’t live in England?

Not for 12 years, no. Is it a recent thing then?

 

[Bold Seagull]

Serious Fraud Office probe £112m Unite union hotel

Unite spent £112m of its members’ money on the project in Birmingham, the BBC has been told.

www.bbc.co.uk

I presume all those who moaned about corrupt Tory donors will be screaming for Labour to sever ties and repay donations from Unite if they are found to have broken the law ?.

Did you read any of it?

Unite have instigated 2 of their own investigations via a KC and an accountancy firm and referred it themselves to police. If there has been evidence of corruption, the Union appear to be at the front of the queue to establish any criminality.

 

[jcdenton08]

Not for 12 years, no. Is it a recent thing then?

I dunno, but I hear it from time to time nowadays so possibly.

 

[A mex eyecan]

Not for 12 years, no. Is it a recent thing then?

my grandparents used it over 60 years ago, so no it isn’t

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

my grandparents used it over 60 years ago, so no it isn’t

Maybe it’s regional and I have avoided it this way?

 

[A mex eyecan]

Maybe it’s regional and I have avoided it this way?

nope, sorry again. One set of GPs came from Leicestershire, the other set was one Welsh one Sussex.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

nope, sorry again. One set of GPs came from Leicestershire, the other set was one Welsh one Sussex.

Fair enough. Whatever the reason, I have never heard it before.