General Election 2024....

[Deleted member 159]

It's not even been a month, Starmer's honeymoon period, well and truly ended by events and his pointless appearance in Stockport.

He should have stayed away, at least he would not have been told some home truths so early on


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[Deleted member 159]

Now the practical costs, you, me and every other tax payer spending £8,000,000,000 per year rising to 12,000,000,000 per year in 2026 to house illegal immigrants in the UK

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Now the practical costs, you, me and every other tax payer spending £8,000,000,000 per year rising to 12,000,000,000 per year in 2026 to house illegal immigrants in the UK

Source please, and clarify what you mean by ‘illegal immigrant’.

 

[Deleted member 159]

Source please, and clarify what you mean by ‘illegal immigrant’.

I'll correct my numbers £11,000,000,000 in 2026 and £6,400,000,000 this year from this interview

Illegal, is anyone who hasn't applied for a visa of any type and is here in the UK.


View: https://youtu.be/BDRmVXcGD-M?t=69

 

[AndyRM]

It's often a lot harder than it should be. Phone calls to make new claims go through a gatekeeper. If they think the claimant won't be entitled they refuse to even take an actual claim. They also refuse to speak to reps unless we're actually with the client, which in a large rural area is rarely possible.

I don't disagree at all with you there. Hadn't really thought of it from a rural perspective.

 

[Deleted member 159]

@Tanis8472

So you're happy paying an extra £170 per year, rising to £320 in 2026

 

[Tanis8472]

If it sorts ghe problems. They will then be able to work and pay taxes instead of being treated like animals.

But then that's what i expect you would want.

 

[BoldonLad]

'Pensioners' covers a huge range of people, many of whom are not struggling at all and to whom the Winter Fuel is a nice gift rather than a necessity (I am one), but there are also many pensioners not eligible for benefits but on basic pension, sometimes, with a pittance of a private pension, for whom the payment makes a huge difference to whether they are warm or cold in the worst of the winter.

This change was rushed through early in the Government's term because they know people will have short memories when it comes to the next GE and more time should have been given for deciding what should be a more suitable income level to remove it.

To answer your question, removing the Winter Fuel Payment is very simple compared to the rather more complicated clamping down on tax dodgers...and the poorer pensioners cannot afford lawyers and accountants to get around things.

Thank you for the explanation.

Reeves also made much of putting an end to the Non-dom status, would that be complex too?

 

[glasgowcyclist]

I'll correct my numbers £11,000,000,000 in 2026 and £6,400,000,000 this year from this interview

Illegal, is anyone who hasn't applied for a visa of any type and is here in the UK.


View: https://youtu.be/BDRmVXcGD-M?t=69

He’s talking about the bill for handling asylum seekers, and it’s not illegal to seek asylum, as you know.

If the Tories or the current government implemented a safe, fair and manageable system of asylum claim handling, there wouldn’t be this expensive backlog of cases. Get them processed, and let refugees work and pay taxes.

All this would be better discussed in the broken asylum system thread.

 

[Deleted member 159]

Anybody who has arrived without necessary approved visa, is classed as an illegal immigrant.

Illegal migration act 2024.

They are not asylum seekers. They have passed through multiple safe countries en route to the UK

 

[winjim]

Safe countries

 

[glasgowcyclist]

I’ve posted my reply to that 👆 over on the broken asylum system thread.

It’s not what Andy will want to hear… 😅

 

[Bazzer]

It's not even been a month, Starmer's honeymoon period, well and truly ended by events and his pointless appearance in Stockport.

He should have stayed away, at least he would not have been told some home truths so early on


View: https://x.com/Sargon_of_Akkad/status/1818323534453584087?t=9TvsnRE5D4GKFpJhwDxpRw&s=19

FFS, it's not Stockport but Southport.

 

[Rusty Nails]

Thank you for the explanation.

Reeves also made much of putting an end to the Non-dom status, would that be complex too?

More complex than stopping the Winter Fuel Payments, but probably less complex than stopping tax dodging. HTH.

Of course I think it's a total failure and a sign of duplicity and/or incompetence that she hasn't done all of the above in the first month. Sheeesh, how much time can it take for a simple bit of paperwork?

 

[theclaud]

FFS, it's not Stockport but Southport

None of this matters. He wants them all Whites Only.