Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

no pensioner should pay tax on income of 15k . it is a disgrace on our country
taxing them to pay we rich

osborne and cameron are fools jesters saga and help the aged will have a field day .
and it will cost the torys very dear

pensioners will now pay for the cut in tax of 50p in 2013

a family on benefits getting free rent no council tax and 200 pounds a week benefits will pay no tax and a pensioner on 10600will pay tax rob the old to save the rich paying more . pensioners will revolt

Unless they are very lucky over the next 2+ years the Liberal party is "doomed" and the tories will sink with them.

Mind I didn't think the coalition would last as long as it has.

Unemployment will still be high and the mass won't forget whose policies made it worse.

The cut backs will have really kicked in and the the NHS and Schools will be more disorganised demoralised than at present.

On top of that university fees will probably have to rise and there is less cash in the hands of the middle classes who will be unable to afford the costs of helping their kids going into higher education.

On top of that, some of those coming out of university and higher education and aspiring to buying a property will be landed with debts of £30,000 more and unable to get mortgages.


As far as attracting the rich by reducing tax is concerned, there would appear to be to many here already.

Management can obtained home grown.

Don't forget, only the rich can generate jobs, not the pentioners.
So, the budget helps growth and sustianable economoey.

Fred
You are indulging in wishful thinking. The history of the Labour party has been that they get in once and then the Conservatives get in several times in a row. that has been a pretty reliable sequence apart from when Blair pretended that the Labour party was similalr to the Conservative. Now that Milliband has lurched to the left with Ed Balls the party is doomed again.

Don't forget that ALL the money that the government has to spend on infrastructure, health, defence and everything comes from one source ONLY. That source is business. If the government wants more money to spend on good works then they need businesses to make lots of money that they can tax and give workers pay that can be taxed. The alternative is state capitalism. As that is not going to hapen then boosting business is the only hope.

Glaxo invests £500m in UK and builds new factory

The investments could create up to 1,000 new jobs, Glaxo said. The biopharmaceutical facility will be its first new UK factory for 40 years.

Patent boxes

Glaxo said it was motivated specifically by Chancellor George Osborne's confirmation in the Budget on Wednesday that the government would introduce so-called patent boxes.

These allow corporations to pay a lower rate of tax on profits generated from UK-owned intellectual property.

"The introduction of the patent box has transformed the way in which we view the UK as a location for new investments, ensuring that the medicines of the future will not only be discovered, but can also continue to be made here in Britain," said Glaxo chief executive Sir Andrew Witty.

"Consequently, we can confirm that we will build GSK's first new UK factory for almost 40 years."

I see the markets have said bad budget that is why it is down
the tory party is finished . but land subsides for the rich tory familys from the EU
will soften the blow

the budget was a complete cock up osborne is a total dimwit

what ho tanks .... have you upset everyone so you have to be on here? :-)

cynic lol what do you no about AMS i have been told to buy will wait for your reply
thanks

Child sex trafficking case police arrest 12 in Oxford

I will be surprised if they are not East European or Muslim , my money would be on Muslim. Black British would be a outside's.

Unfortunately, these crimes are in hand of fundamentalists.

Unfortunately, there is always a couple of stupid guys to act and react.

The only solution is open access to internet and having unbiased media to prevent provoking hate.

It is very simple, fighting terrorist is a very difficult, if not impossible. Israel spent all its resources on this for decades, without any success. And we see someone in the middle of France kill people and is happy to be killed!!!!

AID you are not allowed to post the truth

OSBORNE THE LIAR . a pensioner getting 10250 pounds pension after april with the 5 pounds rise will now pay 260 pounds tax that means he will lose all the rise in is pension of 5.2% as he will only beallowed 9208 pounds before tax not the present 10500 it is now so he will lose the rise and lose a futher 10pounds on top

The budget is to support businesses.

AHOJ . why do you think the market is down .
i will tell you i have spoken to some investors
there answers it is bad for the uk .we will not be investing

Thanker,
How big are your investors?
Pensioners are not paying for tax cut from the rich as headlines say. Tax cut from the rich helps them to trade and invest inside UK rather than diverting part of it to other countries ... for tax purposes. Isn't it good?