Richard R LeeSep 10, 2024
#Starmer and #Labour have demonstrated their unfitness for #Leadership for all to see. It could have gone much differently if they had any sort of a plan, much less #empathy for those who they have chosen to sacrifice along the way. #WinterFuelPayments will be etched upon their graves, especially when one considers that there was so many #Tory pet projects which could have been cut or cancelled to fill the entire #BudgetHole.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2024/sep/10/martin-rowson-commons-vote-winter-fuel-allowance-cartoon?CMP=share_btn_url
Martin Rowson on the Commons vote on the winter fuel allowance – cartoon

An opposition motion to strike down the plan to remove the payment from all but the poorest pensioners was defeated

The Guardian
AutisticMumTo3Jul 28, 2024

Wealth taxes could raise £10bn to help plug Tory budget hole, say economists | Tax and spending | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/28/wealth-taxes-britain-10bn-tory-budget-hole-economists

#WealthTax
#Tories
#Labour
#Budget
#BudgetHole
#InheritanceTax
#CapitalGainsTax
#ResolutionFoundation
#InstituteForFiscalStudies

Wealth taxes could raise £10bn to help plug Tory budget hole, say economists

Reforms to inheritance and capital gains taxes could reduce £20bn shortfall and combat UK’s widening wealth gap

The Guardian