It's time for 'reformUK' to tell the truth...

[Odds]

...about its state pension policies.​

 

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I’m not purchasing that paper so font know the line it’s taking, but from memory re form were quite mainstream about the unsustainably of the triple lock. Like the winter fuel any changes will be very unpopular

 

[Odds]

Well, in April they promised to cut the benefits bill by billions of pounds to offset the cost of keeping the triple lock on state pensions if the party was in power. Now they propose to abolish the state pension with an associated £75bn of sweeping tax cuts, including capital gains tax and inheritance tax, scrapping stamp duty on property and shares, digital service tax, air passenger duty and reducing corporation tax by 10 percentage points over eight years. Cuts in public spending would occur alongside this, cementing Reform’s long-term proposal to reduce the size of the state.

 

[Odds]

A long way for him to slither up the slippery ladder yet as more than half of voters have an unfavourable view of Nigel Farage while Andy Burnham is the most popular national party leader, new polling has revealed.

The Persuasion UK survey found 43% of all respondents, and 72% of 2024 Labour voters, have a positive view of the new PM, while 28% of all voters have a negative view of him. The Reform UK leader was far less popular, with 51% having a negative view and just 28% having a positive opinion of him.

 

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Another...

VOTE LABOUR FOREVER!

thread courtesy of Odds.