An election winning Budget ?

[Platypus]

My take :

(1) No tax rises (except for a few rich people with £1m houses)
(2) Deficit under control, due to fall dramatically
(3) No cuts in services or spending (see also 2)

How can they lose?

[The Wikir Man]

I don't think it's an election winning budget, but it's enough to stop the Tories getting a majority.

Lib-Lab coalition.

[stek]

Yes! Definitely!

Who's in power again?

[Moscow Mule]

Well, without it being a give away it is 100% political. I don't think it's going to persuade any floating voters with any nowse. Unfortunately, a lot of people in this country are suckered in by that sort of Labour BS.

[Mich the Tester]

Does anyone have the IMF's phone number? Let's just bring them in now and get it over and done with.

[Doggy Styles]

My take :

(1) No tax rises (except for a few rich people with £1m houses)
(2) Deficit under control, due to fall dramatically
(3) No cuts in services or spending (see also 2)

How can they lose?

Quite. Gordon has been watering his money tree, and if he gets turfed out, the Tories will have to set the nasty-cop budget.

[Mich the Tester]

My take :

(1) No tax rises (except for a few rich people with £1m houses)
(2) Deficit under control, due to fall dramatically
(3) No cuts in services or spending (see also 2)

How can they lose?

wealth creators

[Mich the Tester]

What is the point of increasing stamp duty on houses over a million? Won’t that just mean that lots of smart houses will be valued at 999,995 pounds?

[Advocate]

What is the point of increasing stamp duty on houses over a million? Won’t that just mean that lots of smart houses will be valued at 999,995 pounds?

So what if I sell a house as two flats? You can have the first floor "flat" for £750,000 and the ground floor "flat" for £750,000?

/I'm sure this has been thought of and crushed by the bar stewards!

[DimPrawn]

What is the point of increasing stamp duty on houses over a million? Won’t that just mean that lots of smart houses will be valued at 999,995 pounds?

In Surrey alone there are 200+ properties for sale at £3,000,000 or more.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-...nPrice=3000000

So it will impact 1000's of buyers.

They won't be reducing their £15,000,000 house to £999,999