MikeL

So the average IHT bill will be £40,000 £2m tax free 20% on excess = 20% * 200,000 = £40,000 And that's the average. Let's get real. It appears no political journalist has the faintest idea. How many… (View Post)

Why is nobody in media even mentioning that £1m IHT agriculture relief is in addition to the £1m IHT relief any (married) person gets when leaving property to children. ie If you live on a farm and w… (View Post)

The most damning thing of all is the reduction to growth forecasts. Starmer said his number 1 priority is to raise growth. And in this very first budget the growth foreacsts have been reduced. (View Post)

Those growth figures look very poor. (View Post)

If the Govt is now going to borrow lots more to fund investment, why has the Stonehenge tunnel been cancelled? That's only £1.7bn total - which appears a very small fraction of the supposed additiona… (View Post)