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Pundits reckone that Russia had already pulled stuff back further inland.

Pundits see Trump as being lucky. Last time he was in power the US economy was in good shape. Biden has done the same thing for him. Not good for votes as people may not feel the benefit. So what happened last time The almighty dollar is struggling. The currency has lost 10 percent of its value...

Trump announced on Monday that he will sign an executive order placing a 25% tariff on all imports from Canada and Mexico, along with an additional 10% tariff on imports from China, in purported retaliation for drugs and migrants crossing US borders. Though the president-elect promised to issue...

As I told you this sort of thing has been going on for some time. If private they call themselves friends of the NHS.

The only question really is should people who are terminally ill have this option. The parts in bold are important. 6 months to live has been added but in practice that time could vary. People get to know what the actual timescale is when death happens. Info from Oregon says that 1 in 3 do not...

An on going process that's been about for years - so make our salaries competitive? No catches to that? I've posted what they intend to do about those not working. Another part of the plot needed to stabilise the welfare budget. Interesting area that appears to interest you more than other...

It's a free vote so can't give his own views. Seems some Labour people have - it's still a free vote. Cross party as well.

Pretty much what was in the manifesto. It gets looked at in detail in the coming Spring. Guess that time is needed to sort out the ideas for formulating a basis for subsequent laws etc. Training - what jobs do we need filling. The sick - help getting back into work but some wont be suitable...

Th WF change is somewhat different. She is thinking about more and more people retiring over a number of years. As more claim the benefit the saving covers that or largely offsets it.

A business lady on the box last night said their load was too high but agreed that Reeves must ensure we don't borrow to run the state. She looked a bit uncomfortable at that point - where else to get it from as it must be done.

They stated which taxes they would not increase in the manifesto. Tax cuts on these can tend to boost GDP., Increases the opposite. When things finally settled down the NIC increase will result in a bit of inflation but not a lot. That's how the BofE and OBR see it. Business faces the cost of...

Why do that when the tough changes are down to Reeves?

The initial overall cost of going green for the UK was £2.5b from the gov and £5b from the public. That was a few years ago. It also needs investments for energy sources from companies. Needs inflating now?

Reminds me of a period when car recoverers were calling BMW's aqu vacs. They'd pick one up and take to a main dealer thinking it would be covered and then picking them up again and dropping them off at the owners. New engine needed.

What ever it is it forms an operational cost. How would it be handled re taxation - pass

Some may pay corporation - I suppose otherwise income. The yearly costs of the "loan" form an operating cost.

Do they pay tax on the yearly cost to keep the farm? I don't rate the gov page on their income - more info is needed especially on the very low one.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/farm-business-income/farm-business-income-by-type-of-farm-in-england-202324 But farmers are inclined to switch to where the money is and may go into things like cheese and ice cream. There seems to be some sort of allowance for industrial buildings.

obviously - they then asked the obvious - how much profit does a farm like this make.

If I remember C4's example of a £2m2 farm and a single owner the result was £14k/year 10 years with no interest charges. £2m2 is seen as a good number to use, Much higher numbers bend the average value hence the choice as it covers the majority,