DavidL

The OBR does not say that the triple lock will cost 3x more. It says that it has. It was estimated to cost £5bn by now, 0.2% of GDP. It has in fact cost £15bn a year. This is not a forecast, it is ar… (View Post)

When historians talk of the financial collapse of the Western world the BBB will be up there with the Gold Standard and the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act in terms of avoidable mistakes. (View Post)

This has not come out of the blue. It has been blindingly obvious to anyone willing to look since 2019. The last government was every bit as dishonest about this as the new one had been. Covid, and o… (View Post)

That is an important and much broader point. Vocational or professional training needs to be very wary about what adjustments can be made for those that are going to practice in a field and provide s… (View Post)

I'm sure that they will celebrate by firing some rockets into blocks of flats occupied by families in Ukraine. (View Post)