This is deliberate policy when confronted with the need to make savings, when all the obvious savings have already been made. This adds cost to the HMRC with no benefit to them, so an obvious target.… (View Post)

It feels to me that Wallace would be very much an IDS figure, and not just because of his military background. Clearly a decent man, reasonably competent junior minister, OK-ish cabinet minister, but… (View Post)

Also legally you have to balance the budget. So it's merely a question of which bit of the law you want to fall foul of. (View Post)

90% of school budgets go on staff. So this means a complete freeze on teacher salaries (already uncompetitive) which will mean many of them leaving as they are generally capable graduates with transf… (View Post)

And then complain loudly that they have to pay anything at all because they've "paid my taxes all these years" (View Post)