How are your potholes?

[JohnD]

Round here they're noticeably bad.

"Three years ago Rishi Sunak confirmed Britain’s growing obsession with its pockmarked roads with a promise to fill in 50mn holes. “Enjoy National Pothole Day before they’re all gone,” the then-chancellor declared.

But far from eliminating the holes, Sunak, now prime minister, is facing an electoral backlash as Britain’s “pothole crisis” threatens his Conservative party ahead of local elections next month and a looming national poll."


Source: FT.com

 

[Murdochcat]

Pay more taxes, get more potholes fixed ............

 

[Mottie]

Our street is being completely redone between. 8.30pm on the 24th and 6.00am on the 25th. Overnight jobbie. The 'no parking' signs went up today.

 

[Notch7]

Pay more taxes, get more potholes fixed ............

wealth distribution is the problem not more taxes

you wont fix the problem with more taxes

 

[Ihavenojob]

As Punt and Dennis said on TV the other day, if they could find a way to link all the potholes it would solve the water storage problem and so prevent the imposition of hosepipe bans in the summer.

 

[Murdochcat]

you wont fix the problem with more taxes

Did I say who needs to pay more?

NO

But the fact is that the UK needs more tax income

 

[algas]

Even when they do get round to fixing them they are done so badly that they don't last 2 minutes

 

[carmanmemoranda]

Pay more taxes, get more potholes fixed ............

If only it was that simple.

 

[Ihavenojob]

But the fact is that the UK needs more tax income

Pay NI on all earnings over the threshold, make employers pay it too.

 

[Munroast]

Our street is being completely redone between. 8.30pm on the 24th and 6.00am on the 25th. Overnight jobbie. The 'no parking' signs went up today.

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such a fantastic rainbow and you take a picture of some potholes ?

 

[carmanmemoranda]

Did I say who needs to pay more?

NO

But the fact is that the UK needs more tax income

Its how the tax is (not) collected from certain big areas that's really the issue

 

[Deleted member 294929]

Our street is being completely redone between. 8.30pm on the 24th and 6.00am on the 25th. Overnight jobbie. The 'no parking' signs went up today.

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Is the light at the end of the rainbow ?

 

[Murdochcat]

Its how the tax is (not) collected from certain big areas that's really the issue

And your solution is?

 

[Deleted member 294929]

Same as the NHS, chucking money isn't the solution. Holding these companies responsible for the repair work they do. Make them guarantee their work.
Our government seem to chuck money around but don't seem to monitor where it goes.

 

[Murdochcat]

Pay NI on all earnings over the threshold, make employers pay it too.

You do pay NI over the upper limit but at a much lower rate

Do keep up at the back