Surely even the staunchest Labour supporters can't defend this budget!
The shirkers will be worshiping the magic money tree, while the workers will be lamenting the loss of their houses, savings and pensions.
As an aside, I'm sure those good citizens who were lured [by their own good nature] into buying an EV for the sake of the environment, will be spitting feathers after reading about the hefty annual mileage fee.
It really is the most infuriating p*ss take.
Thanks for listening. Lol
Well said.
I am lost beyond words how ****ing stupid our government is, taking the money off pensioners for heating was pretty ****ing stupid.
On one side, taxpayers have every penny of their income, expenses, mileage, benefits-in-kind, savings, dividends and pensions scrutinised down to the last digit.
HMRC want it all, itemised, logged, provable, and God forbid you round something up or down. They’ll tax you precisely, audit you precisely, and chase you precisely.
Then on the other side, Child Benefit, taxpayyer money is handed out with zero downstream accountability.
Once it hits the claimant’s account, that’s it. No audit. No reporting. No check.
They can spend it on food, clothes, childcare… or a new telly, a phone upgrade, subscription services, a holiday, paying off a loan, whatever they like.
Government messaging says “this lifts children out of poverty.” WALOB its a laughable insult, as if kids will benefit from this, no they will still get beans on toast or whatever.
Why.. because of course the cash isn’t ring-fenced, isn’t traceable, and isn’t policed.
It’s effectively:
Taxpayers: itemise your life.
Claimants: here’s cash, spend as you please.
To many people, that feels less like a targeted anti-poverty tool and more like the same sort of political fairy tale we’ve been fed before
not unlike the infamous “£350m for the NHS” bus slogan.
A headline promise that doesn’t match the mechanism in reality.
And that’s the frustration:
Working people are micromanaged.
Benefits are not. Yet the narrative pretends the outcome is guaranteed this was a deal done with Factions of the labour party who would otherwise revolt. This is not for the benefit of the country, it's scandalous, just like PPE handouts were etc. Its an outrage and should be reversed.
And at the very least all vouchers are claimable only from a supermarket those claimants have accounts they must use with ID at the checkout and must only be for healthy food categories so that 'poverty stricken' children are given a nutritious start at the very least. They too should be audited and accountable on the money taken from us and given to them.
