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2 years was terrible, but day 1 was unworkable. I think the proposal was day 1 protections but with a 9 month probation? Now it's 6 months for both, which to be fair makes a lot more sense from both parties. Some peoples CVs are a work of fiction and they make stuff up. This policy allows for that ...

Yes I agree - triple lock shouldn't be in place when they're freezing tax thresholds. Has to be equity between the working and non-working and also out of work and disability benefits.

Equally though - I'm not necessarily against freezing thresholds as there is a danger spending increases and ...

The only profligate spending you can see is the triple lock on pensions.

Come on - that's not even very good trolling.

And that's the issue isn't it - the bulk of the spending is not in any way doing that. Its day to day welfare and in no way is it replacing capital investment reduced or deferred as a result of austerity. The spending we're increasing, using your household metaphor, is on takeaways and going down ...

This is a good presentation on the overall picture. https://youtu.be/TkhV3zIvcH0?si=BXmA1p1aY6z2Lp_D&t=586

The spot I've linked to also neatly highlights that this is the biggest tax raising government in the last 50 years and all within the first 12 months of being in office.

If this is soft ...

I just don't get these changes at all. My understanding is that the cost to the taxpayer is no different depending on the cost of the car? So this becomes purely about the optics of someone knocking about in an Audi A4 rather than a Skoda Octavia. It's daft. And who decides what's "premium ...

Fiscal drag seems to be the policy now - Dan Neidle calculates that it's the biggest overall tax raiser from a single policy since WWII.


If they are able to get value out of it, and it makes a difference to the country, then that's alright. I fear they won't, but then it's not like I'd ...

The motability changes seem like a bit of a fuck you to people who can’t really afford it too.


I just don't get these changes at all. My understanding is that the cost to the taxpayer is no different depending on the cost of the car? So this becomes purely about the optics of someone knocking ...

It has clearly damaged the economy but not sure that it didn't "work" from the perspective of managing expectations - I think things like the taxation of pensions and mansions tax would have got a very visceral reaction if they hadn't been trailed well in advance.

For e.g. in some projections where ...

Before the budget there were people talking about Reeves being out of her job by Christmas. I really don't think that'll happen now. It seemed competent and hasn't spooked the markets.


Yes I would agree that it was quite deftly done from the perspective of making all the wrong choices without ...

Ultimately what you've just described is salary sacrifice without naming it such.

It is what people's employment contracts said before salary sacrifice existed.


I'm sure that's the case - seems the OpRa rules came in in 2017 so stop this effectively. https://www.gov.uk/government ...

I'm not convinced the salary sacrifice thing will do much - if you earn £60,000 and put £10k into a pension through salary sacrifice you could easily agree with your employer that you'll earn £50,000 plus employer pension contributions of £10k and document it accordingly.




I think, from ...

Yes, but the amount you sacrifice still goes fully into your pension. You (and your employer) just get a hit in the pocket, unless you decide to reduce your contributions, which may well happen of course. I'd bet the bigger knock on effect will be how employers try and save the extra NI costs that ...

It's been poorly explained by the govt. but it shouldn't result in less going into your pension, unless your employer was giving you the NI savings as well, surely?


It will result in more NI being levied on the employee for the same pension contribution so it means that to maintain the same ...

Oh and pay as you drive confirmed for electric and plug in hybrids. That won't eventually be passed on to all vehicles will it, no siree
Hows it going to be recorded?


MOT based I bet. No real way to do it any other way. And that means you'll be paying for miles done outside the country too ...

Jobbo wrote: Mon Nov 24, 2025 3:29 pm expressed some disquiet

Were the actual words "what the f is that noise!"?

Yes but if its doing it when going 15mph round a corner I'd say that's an issue! Probably do need to check tyre pressures but wonder if there is an alignment issue as well.


If it's doing it at 15mph (on part-lock too?) then yeah there may indeed be something wrong (as that's not really the ...

Yes but if its doing it when going 15mph round a corner I'd say that's an issue! Probably do need to check tyre pressures but wonder if there is an alignment issue as well.

@GG. It's often mis-quoted as ackermann effect, but if your suspension had perfect ackermann geometry it wouldn't do this. It's an effect of choosing anti-ackermann geometry for handling reazonz. But yeah - I knew what you meant :)


Oh thank you. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone on a forum ...