Is Rachel Reeves becoming the new Liz Truss?

[Spartacus]

In 2022, Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng delivered what was seen as a disastrous budget by the markets and it is claimed they crashed the economy. 

Rachel Reeves appears to be going after farmers, Pensioners, pension pots and increasing NI for employers, which whilst not taxing "working people" will see prices going up to cover the costs for already squeezed businesses, all this whilst changing how the government fiscal rules work.

The change of administration in the States may impact our exports to them (potential tarrifs) which also may see growth stall slightly. 

Will her gamble work or will we as individuals and a nation see stagnation in growth as businesses reduce investment whilst prices go up. 

With the farmers protest planned on Tuesday 19th, it is starting to feel like the bad old days of the winter of discontent (1978/79) again. 

Whilst investment is needed to help the country grow, are we in danger of not supporting the businesses and people who normally are responsible for growth? 

Discuss. 

[teddyboy23]

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[Jenijenjen]

4 hours ago, Spartacus said:

, it is starting to feel like the bad old days of the winter of discontent (1978/79) again. 

Deliberate scaremongering

[malumbu]

A silly title, Truss set such a high bar I doubt whether anyone can ever match her level of incompetence and level of delusion.

Paul Johnson spoke on inheritance tax on one of the political programmes.  Any inheritance tax is controversial, and he considered farmers should not be an expectation

I was underwhelmed and incredibly disappointed that there was no increase in fuel duty; Labour chickened out and I will be telling Rachel's sister this view.

Paul Johnson has written a good article on his analysis and that the budget was not at all revolutionary

https://ifs.org.uk/articles/budget-was-non-event-and-kicked-big-decisions-down-road

If you want something to worry about look over the Pond

Reality check - pound crashed against the dollar and other major currencies following Brexit vote - 1.70 to 1.20, and has never recovered

Truss's mini budget sent it to almost an all time low 1.08, from around 1.20 the week before

Reeves budget it lost a cent, and fared worse since Trump won the election.

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[Spartacus]

45 minutes ago, Jenijenjen said:

Deliberate scaremongering

Is it? Let's see 

31 minutes ago, malumbu said:

Paul Johnson spoke on inheritance tax on one of the political programmes.  Any inheritance tax is controversial, and he considered farmers should not be an expectation

Farming is a tough gig with increasingly lower returns, if farms have to sell off land to pay inheritance tax it will reduce their ability to survive. Which in real terms could mean more farm land lost and more reliance on imported food which sees money flowing out, not in to the country. 

But I guess as long as you get cheap food that doesn't concern you 😉 

35 minutes ago, malumbu said:

I was underwhelmed and incredibly disappointed that there was no increase in fuel duty; Labour chickened out and I will be telling Rachel's sister this view.

Lol "what about the cars"  again Mal... like a broken record.... 

Governments know that squeezing car drivers for more fuel duty will drive down income from taxes as people switch to electric, which would leave them with a black hole in income. Guess the fuel duty is a fine balancing act tiĺl enough electric cars have been sold to raise tax revenue from their use. 

[malumbu]

People are switching to electric cars irrespective of fuel prices.  100s of millions that could be spent on hospitals and schools for example have been lost due to fuel duty freezes and a supposedly temporary reduction.  Fuel is relatively cheap at the moment.  With a stonking majority when is it time to rightly take on motorists?

Farming, I simply referred to Paul Johnson of the IFS who knows more about the economy that you, I and Truss will ever know.

Food?  Au contraire.  It's too cheap, too poor quality and our farmers are squeezed by the supermarkets and unnatural desire to keep it cheap.  A lot less takeaways and more home cooking with decent often home produced, food should benefit most in our society.

Be honest, you simply don't like Labour. 

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