On the first full day of his premiership Prime Minister Andy Burnham has laid out plans for scrapping VAT on household electricity bills and has claimed he wants a ‘cost of living government’.
Jim Callaghan, Labour PM said back in the 70's. Tax and spend as much as it ever worked, never worked. We now have the highest taxes in british history and a million unemployed young people with a soaring benefits bill. It's no coincidence, Labour never learn.
A government that created the cost of living crisis, is now offering to help? Can't wait to spend the 86p pet week! It's just another insult to the electorate!
This will amount to £45 pa reduction for the electricity which will be wiped out by the increase which will happen in October! How about scrapping of the standing charges?
OK, So when our new Chancellor ( who is probably the best of them) is forced to stand up, in two weeks time, and say there's a 75 Billion black hole and it's all the fault of Maggie Thatcher and the last Conservative government and Taxes must rise as a result to create head room and all the benefits go up and the wages go down then we will see a two tier cost of living crisis.
Its an insult, its only for 6months, I bet in October vat will go up and we will all be paying this pittance back! Its the standing charge that needs to be scrapped !
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