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  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,831
    Pints to get 30p more expensive: Landlords warn they will need to increase price of beer to cope with rising costs caused by supply and staff shortages



    In another blow to Britons already facing a cost of living crisis, more than eight in ten pubs plan to raise - or have already raised - prices on drinks, according to a Morning Advertiser poll.


    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10106355/Pints-30p-expensive-Landlords-warn-need-increase-price-beer.html
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,831

    We are experiencing a rise in the number of people using foodbank and the projected figures are showing that by year end demand will outstrip our capacity to service the need.

    Also demand for our debt crisis service has us running at 100% of our ability to help meaning we cannot offer advice or help to people struggling with debt.

    This isn't just our Church, but a Citywide pattern which will get exponentially worse as Winter arrives and the decisions between food, heating and rent are even more critical.

    The contempt with which this Government holds the Country and its people is staggering.


  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,831
    Supply chain crisis 'could last until 2024': Business leaders warn staff shortages, rise in cost of materials and freight will see swathe of small firms go under in six months... as families brace for £23-a-WEEK hike in food, energy bills and fuel



    The stern warning came as research found households expected to end up paying as much as £23 more per week for food, non-alcoholic drinks, electricity, gas and motor fuel by the end of the year.


    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10112277/Supply-chain-crisis-2024-business-leaders-warn-MPs.html
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,831

    We are experiencing a rise in the number of people using foodbank and the projected figures are showing that by year end demand will outstrip our capacity to service the need.

    Also demand for our debt crisis service has us running at 100% of our ability to help meaning we cannot offer advice or help to people struggling with debt.

    This isn't just our Church, but a Citywide pattern which will get exponentially worse as Winter arrives and the decisions between food, heating and rent are even more critical.

    The contempt with which this Government holds the Country and its people is staggering.

    Food banks see demand soar in wake of ‘nightmare’ universal credit cut


    https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/food-banks-see-demand-soar-in-wake-of-nightmare-universal-credit-cut/ar-AAPQcJ5?ocid=msedgntp
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,831
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,831
    Money Saving Expert founder warns of 'seismic' hit to energy bills as government urged to take action to avoid crisis


    https://uk.yahoo.com/news/money-saving-expert-founder-warns-043900962.html
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,831
  • EssexphilEssexphil Member Posts: 8,771
    edited January 2022
    HAYSIE said:
    There are many valid reasons to attack Brexit. This buffoon being 1 of them.

    But, in this particular instance (on the assumption this is the usual clip) EDIT:-no, it was doctored for maximum impact-sad), he was making a valid point. His point was that the EU has strict, inflexible rules in relation to VAT. We no longer have to abide by those rules.

    So-a potential benefit of Brexit is the ability to provide help in relation to the fuel crisis by reducing VAT on fuel. Winner, winner, able to put the oven on for chicken dinner.

    Admittedly, there is 1 teeny tiny snag. Looks like "getting our country back" does not include actually reducing VAT in this manner. The thought was there before the vote. The actual action? Not so much...
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,831
    Essexphil said:

    HAYSIE said:
    There are many valid reasons to attack Brexit. This buffoon being 1 of them.

    But, in this particular instance (on the assumption this is the usual clip) EDIT:-no, it was doctored for maximum impact-sad), he was making a valid point. His point was that the EU has strict, inflexible rules in relation to VAT. We no longer have to abide by those rules.

    So-a potential benefit of Brexit is the ability to provide help in relation to the fuel crisis by reducing VAT on fuel. Winner, winner, able to put the oven on for chicken dinner.

    Admittedly, there is 1 teeny tiny snag. Looks like "getting our country back" does not include actually reducing VAT in this manner. The thought was there before the vote. The actual action? Not so much...
    There is an article I recently posted on the Brexit thread about the quotes from the above and Michael Gove which have come back to bite them.
    Gove said we could have cheaper fuel prices after Brexit, which would help poorer families.
    In addition we could knock the VAT off energy bills.
    As you rightly say, you could have as many potential benefits as you want, but this would mean nothing if you didnt actually implement any of them.
    If we removed the VAT from fuel, a number of countries in the EU would still have cheaper prices than us.
    Considering the expected increases in energy bills, knocking 5% VAT off will hardly be noticed by most people.
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,831
    Essexphil said:

    HAYSIE said:
    There are many valid reasons to attack Brexit. This buffoon being 1 of them.

    But, in this particular instance (on the assumption this is the usual clip) EDIT:-no, it was doctored for maximum impact-sad), he was making a valid point. His point was that the EU has strict, inflexible rules in relation to VAT. We no longer have to abide by those rules.

    So-a potential benefit of Brexit is the ability to provide help in relation to the fuel crisis by reducing VAT on fuel. Winner, winner, able to put the oven on for chicken dinner.

    Admittedly, there is 1 teeny tiny snag. Looks like "getting our country back" does not include actually reducing VAT in this manner. The thought was there before the vote. The actual action? Not so much...
    Free NHS prescriptions ‘axed from April' - £9.35 charge to be hiked at same time



    https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/free-nhs-prescriptions-axed-from-april-9-35-charge-to-be-hiked-at-same-time/ar-AASppUN?ocid=msedgntp
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,831
    edited January 2022
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,831
    Essexphil said:

    HAYSIE said:
    There are many valid reasons to attack Brexit. This buffoon being 1 of them.

    But, in this particular instance (on the assumption this is the usual clip) EDIT:-no, it was doctored for maximum impact-sad), he was making a valid point. His point was that the EU has strict, inflexible rules in relation to VAT. We no longer have to abide by those rules.

    So-a potential benefit of Brexit is the ability to provide help in relation to the fuel crisis by reducing VAT on fuel. Winner, winner, able to put the oven on for chicken dinner.

    Admittedly, there is 1 teeny tiny snag. Looks like "getting our country back" does not include actually reducing VAT in this manner. The thought was there before the vote. The actual action? Not so much...
    Boris Johnson rejects calls to cut VAT on fuel bills because it will help people who 'don't need the support' - despite his vow that scrapping it could be a Brexit dividend



    Experts have warned the energy price cap could jump by £600 - around 50 per cent, when it is updated in April. A Government source said the price cap held back 'a tsunami of bill increases'.


    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10369581/Boris-Johnson-pours-cold-water-Tory-calls-cut-VAT-fuel-bills.html
  • EssexphilEssexphil Member Posts: 8,771
    HAYSIE said:

    Essexphil said:

    HAYSIE said:
    There are many valid reasons to attack Brexit. This buffoon being 1 of them.

    But, in this particular instance (on the assumption this is the usual clip) EDIT:-no, it was doctored for maximum impact-sad), he was making a valid point. His point was that the EU has strict, inflexible rules in relation to VAT. We no longer have to abide by those rules.

    So-a potential benefit of Brexit is the ability to provide help in relation to the fuel crisis by reducing VAT on fuel. Winner, winner, able to put the oven on for chicken dinner.

    Admittedly, there is 1 teeny tiny snag. Looks like "getting our country back" does not include actually reducing VAT in this manner. The thought was there before the vote. The actual action? Not so much...
    Boris Johnson rejects calls to cut VAT on fuel bills because it will help people who 'don't need the support' - despite his vow that scrapping it could be a Brexit dividend



    Experts have warned the energy price cap could jump by £600 - around 50 per cent, when it is updated in April. A Government source said the price cap held back 'a tsunami of bill increases'.


    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10369581/Boris-Johnson-pours-cold-water-Tory-calls-cut-VAT-fuel-bills.html
    Just a suggestion.

    If he doesn't care enough to reduce VAT, how about restoring that cut made to Universal credit?

    Same old, same old-Old Etonian completely failing to grasp real world problems...
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,831
    edited January 2022
    Essexphil said:

    HAYSIE said:

    Essexphil said:

    HAYSIE said:
    There are many valid reasons to attack Brexit. This buffoon being 1 of them.

    But, in this particular instance (on the assumption this is the usual clip) EDIT:-no, it was doctored for maximum impact-sad), he was making a valid point. His point was that the EU has strict, inflexible rules in relation to VAT. We no longer have to abide by those rules.

    So-a potential benefit of Brexit is the ability to provide help in relation to the fuel crisis by reducing VAT on fuel. Winner, winner, able to put the oven on for chicken dinner.

    Admittedly, there is 1 teeny tiny snag. Looks like "getting our country back" does not include actually reducing VAT in this manner. The thought was there before the vote. The actual action? Not so much...
    Boris Johnson rejects calls to cut VAT on fuel bills because it will help people who 'don't need the support' - despite his vow that scrapping it could be a Brexit dividend



    Experts have warned the energy price cap could jump by £600 - around 50 per cent, when it is updated in April. A Government source said the price cap held back 'a tsunami of bill increases'.


    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10369581/Boris-Johnson-pours-cold-water-Tory-calls-cut-VAT-fuel-bills.html
    Just a suggestion.

    If he doesn't care enough to reduce VAT, how about restoring that cut made to Universal credit?

    Same old, same old-Old Etonian completely failing to grasp real world problems...
    He is terrible when it comes to details.
    He is naive when it comes to things that wind up the general public.
    He never shows any respect for rules.
    Yet he has proved to be very successful at campaigning, London Mayor, Brexit, Tory leadership, and PM.
    Could this success be attributed to good advisers.
    If so, where have gone?
  • tai-gartai-gar Member Posts: 2,688
    HAYSIE said:

    Essexphil said:

    HAYSIE said:

    Essexphil said:

    HAYSIE said:
    There are many valid reasons to attack Brexit. This buffoon being 1 of them.

    But, in this particular instance (on the assumption this is the usual clip) EDIT:-no, it was doctored for maximum impact-sad), he was making a valid point. His point was that the EU has strict, inflexible rules in relation to VAT. We no longer have to abide by those rules.

    So-a potential benefit of Brexit is the ability to provide help in relation to the fuel crisis by reducing VAT on fuel. Winner, winner, able to put the oven on for chicken dinner.

    Admittedly, there is 1 teeny tiny snag. Looks like "getting our country back" does not include actually reducing VAT in this manner. The thought was there before the vote. The actual action? Not so much...
    Boris Johnson rejects calls to cut VAT on fuel bills because it will help people who 'don't need the support' - despite his vow that scrapping it could be a Brexit dividend



    Experts have warned the energy price cap could jump by £600 - around 50 per cent, when it is updated in April. A Government source said the price cap held back 'a tsunami of bill increases'.


    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10369581/Boris-Johnson-pours-cold-water-Tory-calls-cut-VAT-fuel-bills.html
    Just a suggestion.

    If he doesn't care enough to reduce VAT, how about restoring that cut made to Universal credit?

    Same old, same old-Old Etonian completely failing to grasp real world problems...
    He is terrible when it comes to details.
    He is naive when it comes to things that wind up the general public.
    He never shows any respect for rules.
    Yet he has proved to be very successful at campaigning, London Mayor, Brexit, Tory leadership, and PM.
    Could this success be attributed to good advisers.
    If so, where have gone?
    Barnard Castle?
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,831
    tai-gar said:

    HAYSIE said:

    Essexphil said:

    HAYSIE said:

    Essexphil said:

    HAYSIE said:
    There are many valid reasons to attack Brexit. This buffoon being 1 of them.

    But, in this particular instance (on the assumption this is the usual clip) EDIT:-no, it was doctored for maximum impact-sad), he was making a valid point. His point was that the EU has strict, inflexible rules in relation to VAT. We no longer have to abide by those rules.

    So-a potential benefit of Brexit is the ability to provide help in relation to the fuel crisis by reducing VAT on fuel. Winner, winner, able to put the oven on for chicken dinner.

    Admittedly, there is 1 teeny tiny snag. Looks like "getting our country back" does not include actually reducing VAT in this manner. The thought was there before the vote. The actual action? Not so much...
    Boris Johnson rejects calls to cut VAT on fuel bills because it will help people who 'don't need the support' - despite his vow that scrapping it could be a Brexit dividend



    Experts have warned the energy price cap could jump by £600 - around 50 per cent, when it is updated in April. A Government source said the price cap held back 'a tsunami of bill increases'.


    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10369581/Boris-Johnson-pours-cold-water-Tory-calls-cut-VAT-fuel-bills.html
    Just a suggestion.

    If he doesn't care enough to reduce VAT, how about restoring that cut made to Universal credit?

    Same old, same old-Old Etonian completely failing to grasp real world problems...
    He is terrible when it comes to details.
    He is naive when it comes to things that wind up the general public.
    He never shows any respect for rules.
    Yet he has proved to be very successful at campaigning, London Mayor, Brexit, Tory leadership, and PM.
    Could this success be attributed to good advisers.
    If so, where have gone?
    Barnard Castle?
    The man in question no doubt offered excellent advice in at least two of the above campaigns.
    Although he was a bit of a loose cannon.

    As far as Barnard Castle is concerned, I think it was the Boris reaction that angered the public the most.
    Had Boris said that he had taken him out the back and beaten the living daylights out of him, docked his wages, suspended him for a couple of weeks, and castrated his son, it wouldnt have been such a big story, the public would have forgiven the culprit very quickly.
    The damage to Boris was self inflicted, as he claimed firstly that no rules were broken, and everyone saw through the lie.
    Secondly, that no punishment was inflicted on the culprit.
    This was of course impossible, as once he claimed that no rules were broken he couldnt possibly punish Mr Cummings.
    The public obviously resented this, and felt it just went to prove the one rule for them, and another one for us theory.

    I firmly believe that had Boris come clean, and punished Mr Cummings the story would have died a death.
    He adopted the same strategy with the Owen Patterson fiasco, which also back fired.
    Boris just cant seem to help being slippery.

    I disliked Dominic Cummings since he ran the leave campaign in the referendum, although my opinion has slightly changed since Boris fired him.
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,831
    Essexphil said:

    HAYSIE said:

    Essexphil said:

    HAYSIE said:
    There are many valid reasons to attack Brexit. This buffoon being 1 of them.

    But, in this particular instance (on the assumption this is the usual clip) EDIT:-no, it was doctored for maximum impact-sad), he was making a valid point. His point was that the EU has strict, inflexible rules in relation to VAT. We no longer have to abide by those rules.

    So-a potential benefit of Brexit is the ability to provide help in relation to the fuel crisis by reducing VAT on fuel. Winner, winner, able to put the oven on for chicken dinner.

    Admittedly, there is 1 teeny tiny snag. Looks like "getting our country back" does not include actually reducing VAT in this manner. The thought was there before the vote. The actual action? Not so much...
    Boris Johnson rejects calls to cut VAT on fuel bills because it will help people who 'don't need the support' - despite his vow that scrapping it could be a Brexit dividend



    Experts have warned the energy price cap could jump by £600 - around 50 per cent, when it is updated in April. A Government source said the price cap held back 'a tsunami of bill increases'.


    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10369581/Boris-Johnson-pours-cold-water-Tory-calls-cut-VAT-fuel-bills.html
    Just a suggestion.

    If he doesn't care enough to reduce VAT, how about restoring that cut made to Universal credit?

    Same old, same old-Old Etonian completely failing to grasp real world problems...
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,831
    Essexphil said:

    HAYSIE said:

    Essexphil said:

    HAYSIE said:
    There are many valid reasons to attack Brexit. This buffoon being 1 of them.

    But, in this particular instance (on the assumption this is the usual clip) EDIT:-no, it was doctored for maximum impact-sad), he was making a valid point. His point was that the EU has strict, inflexible rules in relation to VAT. We no longer have to abide by those rules.

    So-a potential benefit of Brexit is the ability to provide help in relation to the fuel crisis by reducing VAT on fuel. Winner, winner, able to put the oven on for chicken dinner.

    Admittedly, there is 1 teeny tiny snag. Looks like "getting our country back" does not include actually reducing VAT in this manner. The thought was there before the vote. The actual action? Not so much...
    Boris Johnson rejects calls to cut VAT on fuel bills because it will help people who 'don't need the support' - despite his vow that scrapping it could be a Brexit dividend



    Experts have warned the energy price cap could jump by £600 - around 50 per cent, when it is updated in April. A Government source said the price cap held back 'a tsunami of bill increases'.


    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10369581/Boris-Johnson-pours-cold-water-Tory-calls-cut-VAT-fuel-bills.html
    Just a suggestion.

    If he doesn't care enough to reduce VAT, how about restoring that cut made to Universal credit?

    Same old, same old-Old Etonian completely failing to grasp real world problems...


  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,831
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