FPT Except that for many families, thats status quo. I've just this second sent another £6,000 over to the care home for my mother's next month, and we're selling her now vacant flat i… (View Post)

Trying to derive a movement in the markets to trash the budget is a fool’s game. Truss’s idiocy came as a surprise (despite her career-long demonstration of idiocy, for anyone who had being paying at… (View Post)

‘Honest Bobby’ Jenrick on LBC describes the budget as Labour raking in extra tax to spend on “vanity projects”. I’m not convinced that voters will see schools, hospitals, defence, roads and railways … (View Post)

Round Two will be taxes on wealth and unearned income, I suspect. Some of those suggestions require more work and consultation than you can do in a couple of months. (View Post)

Pretty good, I think. At least Labour is going to try and do some stuff; not just keep the ministerial chairs warm. Reeves was good in the chamber, as was Sunak, now that he’s free of responsibility … (View Post)