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.

Ed Miliband would be a 'catastrophe' for Britain say 70% of Britain's FTSE 100 business chiefs

Poll of FTSE 100 bosses reveals overwhelming support for the Tories

Seven out of 10 said Ed Miliband fearful of a Labour Government

Seven out of 10 business chiefs at Britain's biggest companies think Ed Miliband would be a 'catastrophe' for Britain, a survey has revealed.

The poll of FTSE 100 chairman has revealed overwhelming support for David Cameron to remain Prime Minister, despite the widespread business concern over his pledge to hold an in-out referendum on Europe.

It comes just days after more than 100 company bosses signed a letter warning against a Labour government. It also echoes controversial remarks by the Boots chief executive Stefano Pessina who sparked fury after claiming it would be a 'catastrophe' for the UK if Labour won the election.

The poll of 35 business chairman, by the headhunters Korn Ferry, is a further blow to Labour which is struggling to repair its relationship with big business after a series of controversial policy announcements.

Mr Miliband last week vowed to ban 90 per cent of zero-hours contracts and unveiled proposals to make it easier for workers to take their bosses to court for unfair dismissal.

He also confirmed plans to raise corporation tax for the first time in 40 years to raise cash for a £400 cut in business rates for smaller firms.

One of the FTSE 100 bosses surveyed, who did not want to be named, said businesses could work with Labour's shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna and its economics chief Ed Balls.

But he said Mr Miliband's 'tone and rhetoric' had proved 'deeply disturbing', adding: 'At times his language is vitriolic and he appears to completely misunderstand business.'

Haze,

Do they give advice on tax avoidance to party donors?

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instead of being stupid fred, what do you think you should happen .....
a) to help or even prevent people spending all their pension pot prematurely
b) once that pension pot has gone, arguably spent profligately rather than just through unexpected longevity

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yoo hoo!
when you've finished posting excerpts from the beano, have a look at my post just above and let us know your thoughts

c.

It depends on what the pension pot is spent on (of course)

yeeees, but as far as i can see there's no restriction, albeit that there may be tax implications if your drawdown is too great or in a single lump ...... so the questions i raised still remain

and before you ask, i'm not sure what should happen, as if you run out of money, it will almost always be through lack of proper and prudent planning ...... i guess you'll end up with just your state pension, though not all will be entitled to that - eg if you haven't worked enough years or whatever the rules are

As far as I can tell, how many years you have paid in don't count anymore.

MIG has taken care of that (I think) so the peeps can piss it all up the wall, and fall back on the taxpayer.

mansion tax
all hypothetical and with luck won't come to pass ....
however, if the tax is to be personal, then presumably if your house is jointly owned as is often the case, then presumably the notional £2m threshold should become £4m..... hahaha!

Based on rateable value.

Ha, Ha.

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Is it true, as reported, previously tory party members, MPs and councillors flocking in droves to, or doing back room deals with UKIP?

For people with big pension pots, I can see them taking the 25% tax free and leaving the rest where it is for now. They could use that 25% to help children and family members get on the property ladder. There may also be a few who cash in to put the money into property. In either case it may boost the housing market.

property
at present, you can't put pension money into residential
i wonder if that will be varied


mansion tax
rateable values have little reflection on realiseable reality .... and even these can change considerably and not necessarily upwards
in any case, if the tax were to be raised, it was surely a personal tax, and therefore my slightly facetious comment above would still stand

The rules now are that you can spend the money on anything. You can depend it on a holiday, a car or just having a hood time.

Twin peaks might make it back to the screen with some damn good coffee !.....without or without David Lynch.....(his directing is fantastic though)....

I think being a Twin peakie is a bit like being a Taddie (Tadpole Technology)....or having once owned an Alfa-Romeo......all a bit weirdly... but fascinating !.... come to think of it ....thinking of voting for the Lib-Dems...might be added to the list....

I used to like the woman who walked around with a log under her arm.

I doubt that it will go ahead without David Lynch.

I wonder whose arse she will bite?