British Politics Thread.

[Mr Mystery]

Seems so.

Not so much in it for me this year, but I don't appear to have lost out.

[Psychosplodge]

I missed about the threshold, has that gone up?

[Mr Mystery]

£10,500 up to £10,800.

From there, up to £11,000

Better than a slap in the chops like.

[Psychosplodge]

Certainly better than nothing.

[Mr Mystery]

Yup.

And a penny off Beer Duty.

[Wolfshade]

I need to caluclate how much better off I am. (Probably)

[Mr Mystery]

I've not seen anything going up that would affect me.

Savings is a big one. First £1,000 interest is now tax free. Whilst yes, those with significant savings will benefit the most, this also benefits anyone and everyone with savings.

Cider Duty reduced by 2p (which is important, as most UK Cider is made by small scale producers), and Whisky Excise gets a 2% cut.

Though didn't see any headlines about my tobacco.

And interestingly, despite calling it a 'pretty empty budget' Ed Balls has said Labour wouldn't referse any of it...

NI abolished for the under 21's, Fuel Duty frozen again.

First Time Buyer ISA has tickled my fancy...might just go for one of those.

[Psychosplodge]

First Time Buyer ISA has tickled my fancy...might just go for one of those.

That certainly sounds interesting. A free £50 for every £200 you save? Wonder what strings are attached?

[Mr Mystery]

Not sure yet, but seems to work in concert with the rest of Help To Buy.

Give how pissed off I am at the post-war generation for wrecking the housing market by treating it as nothing but a 'get rich quick and screw everyone else' scheme, help to buy is something I should take advantage of.

[Psychosplodge]

I don't like help to buy cause you have to have a new build don't you? Which idk round you but they're all small, cramped together, lack of parking and massivly overpriced