That surcharge is on business properties with a rateable value over £500k. As per the tweet her RV is now £73,500, which is way under that (and would now be subject to the standard RHL multiplier of … (View Post)

The justice system is massively underfunded, thanks to spending cuts over the last decade and a half. Rather than completely changing the basis of how we administer criminal justice (with minimal pub… (View Post)

Agreed; as I noted on the last thread, this budget is basically an irrelevance in the greater scheme of things (unless you count the missed opportunity to do something significant). There's plenty of… (View Post)

The budget (while introducing further tax rises) is pretty well an irrelevance as far as economic growth is concerned. Economic models show it as having no material effect either way. This, if the go… (View Post)

@Cyclefree had it right yesterday. Just scrap the spend on digital ID and put it into the Justice Dept. (View Post)