living wage

This new idea to give tax breaks to companies that pay their lowest paid workers a "living wage" will be very popular. Workers have been exploited for too long by companies making massive profits (tesco,sainsbury) and paying a pittance. It will also reduce the benefits bill as less would have to be paid in tax credits.

It should also reduce immigration as there would no longer be any incentive to employ immigrants who are prepared to work for a pittance, because they have come from extreme poverty.

This new policy has been praised by the Times, and along with the freeze on fuel bills, this should push labour up the poll ratings, whilst the tories move to the right with their "work for your benefits" extreme policies. Politics is always won on the middle ground in western countries.

As with everything "Labour" - the devil is in the detail (or lack of it !).

Not a shred of info on how this will be funded (naturally !) and it will obviously increase costs making products less affordable, meaning jobs cuts !

In The Know wrote:
As with everything "Labour" - the devil is in the detail (or lack of it !).

Not a shred of info on how this will be funded (naturally !) and it will obviously increase costs making products less affordable, meaning jobs cuts !

Ed did say earlier it will be funded by the government itself not needing to spend the money on tax credits and the like. What a government gives with one hand, it takes away with another...

steveimp wrote:
Ed did say earlier it will be funded by the government itself not needing to spend the money on tax credits and the like. What a government gives with one hand, it takes away with another...

... And he did also say this was for One Year to see how it goes (in other words an election sham)

In The Know wrote:
steveimp wrote:
Ed did say earlier it will be funded by the government itself not needing to spend the money on tax credits and the like. What a government gives with one hand, it takes away with another...

... And he did also say this was for One Year to see how it goes (in other words an election sham)

And the tories would never do that would they, with their illegal unemployed should work for nothing policy.

What about the EU referendum that Cameron promised ? It hasn't emerged nor it ever will till UKIP get in power.

I recommend Hari Kari for ITK.

do it now before the unions storm the barricades.

andrew wrote:
What about the EU referendum that Cameron promised ? It hasn't emerged nor it ever will till UKIP get in power.

It was promised AFTER the next election - stop distorting the truth.

UKIP will NEVER get into power (they don't have a single seat at Westminster).

All you zenophobes are just shifting the blame ... years ago it was blame the Irish, then blame the Jews, then blame those coming from the Commonwealth.

YOU have free movement around Europe - yet you chose to deny that right to others ! If you got what you wanted the "problems" would not be solved - you would simply find someone else to blame !

Millions have emigrated FROM the UK to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Rhodesia (as was) etc etc.

hedda wrote:
before the unions storm the barricades.

Yes, there will be alot of freedom when the Unions take over, won't there Hedda ?

Did Unite tamper with grandmother's statement?
Key witness's bombshell accusation in Falkirk Labour vote-rigging storm

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2486824...e-rigging-storm.html

... ever read Animal Farm (or were there too many big words) ?

In The Know wrote:
andrew wrote:
What about the EU referendum that Cameron promised ? It hasn't emerged nor it ever will till UKIP get in power.

It was promised AFTER the next election - stop distorting the truth.

UKIP will NEVER get into power (they don't have a single seat at Westminster).

All you zenophobes are just shifting the blame ... years ago it was blame the Irish, then blame the Jews, then blame those coming from the Commonwealth.

YOU have free movement around Europe - yet you chose to deny that right to others ! If you got what you wanted the "problems" would not be solved - you would simply find someone else to blame !

Millions have emigrated FROM the UK to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Rhodesia (as was) etc etc.

You sure about ITK ? This was he said in 2009


They Green Party never win a seat they did so did BNP. Why should I move to other parts of the EU, if they are not happy not my problem is it ?

I'm English not British when can I tick that on application forms ?

andrew wrote:
What about the EU referendum that Cameron promised ? It hasn't emerged nor it ever will till UKIP get in power.

Britain’s membership of the EU brings a net benefit of £3,000 a year to every household, employers’ organisation the CBI will say on Monday as it begins a three-year campaign to stop the country sliding towards the exit.

“British business is unequivocal: the single market is fundamental to our future. We are better off in a reformed EU than outside with no influence,” said John Cridland, director-general.

A YouGov survey found that 78 per cent of CBI members favoured staying in the bloc, including 77 per cent of small and medium-sized enterprises.

www.ft.com/cms/s/0/94b18486-4318-11e3-83...0.html#axzz2jhhMNpCU

Can your doler families AFFORD to lose £3,000 per year (£60 per week), Andrew ?

ITK do you admit that David promised the referendum ? Yougov polls are worthless only a minority of population vote on it. UKIP will win some seats, Tories will lose some and Labour are favourites to win.

andrew wrote:
ITK do you admit that David promised the referendum ? Yougov polls are worthless only a minority of population vote on it. UKIP will win some seats, Tories will lose some and Labour are favourites to win.

Most politicians "promise" things when on the way up - then, when in power realise that it is not only impractical, its almost impossible.

Immigration is a NET contributor to the UK economy, and membership of the EU is ESSENTIAL for continued recovery (only loonies would be in favour of ditching your best customer !)

Don't accept that Labour will "win" the next election.
Opposition parties are almost always in front in the run up (usually far far more than Labour are now).

When Labour have to provide some policies ( !!!! ) and they suffer scrutiny, the "voters" will flee in droves !

Also the combined vote intentions of Tories and LibDems is, and has always been, greater than the Labour intentioned, so a further Tory / LibDem coalition is quite likely in my view.

How is a holding a referendum impracticable ? It's vote that public have their right, there is nothing wrong with immigration but too many of them are dolers. Besides horse meat, cheap labour and bankruptcy what have Romania, Poland, Greece, Latvia, Portugal and Cyprus offer GB ? Belgium is a joke they control our country.

This coalition is ridicules both parties can't agree on anything and they don't like each other.

Labour have the right idea don't produce polices so you can't lie or break them.

George Osbourne is a jerk £6.75 for burger he can make do with a kebab for a fiver. It's scary that Tories don't know price for milk and bread.

No child benefit no Tv licence he said and they still here.



Blair and Cameron are really two peas in a pod.

andrew wrote:
there is nothing wrong with immigration but too many of them are dolers.

NOT SO !

Its the UK dolers who complain about them - and if it were not them they would complain about someone else !

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Immigrants to the UK since 2000 have made a "substantial" contribution to public finances, a report says.

The study by University College London said recent immigrants were less likely to claim benefits and live in social housing than people born in Britain.

Immigrants who arrived after 1999 were 45% less likely to receive state benefits or tax credits than UK natives in the period 2000-2011, according to the report by Prof Christian Dustmann and Dr Tommaso Frattini from UCL's Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration.

They were also 3% less likely to live in social housing.

"These differences are partly explainable by immigrants' more favourable age-gender composition. However, even when compared to natives with the same age, gender composition, and education, recent immigrants are still 21% less likely than natives to receive benefits," the authors say.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24813467

Take it all with a pinch of salt it's BBC, they think all Staffies are dangerous.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21954533