[Tubby Isaacs]

There's also a swipe at how few votes Labour got. They got more than the people who signed this letter.

[Youngian]

We, along with nearly 100 progressive Independent and Green politicians across the country, are calling on the Labour government to: 1) introduce wealth taxes; 2) abolish the two-child benefit cap and stop attacking welfare recipients; 3) reverse cuts to winter fuel; 4) restore the £2 bus cap; and 5) invest in a Green New Deal.

Wealthy talking heads haven’t stopped complaining about how hard done by they are or do Jez et al think it’s a double bluff?

Isn’t this bus cap just a central government edict that local authorities pick up the tab for? Buses outside metropolitan areas are mostly for people with a lot of time on their hands and even they avoid them if possible. Unless it’s an innovative fast track system like the Cambs guided bus service. Public transport is a conversation for another day but soon, hopefully.
Agree about the two child cap, few people have three kids and those that have don’t want to be in desperate circumstances. At least give them discrete benefit top ups that the Mail won’t notice (or are they?).
No green or heating poverty initiatives?

Autumn Budget 2024: £1bn announced for cladding remediation and £3.4bn for Warm Homes Plan
The chancellor has announced billions of pounds in new funding for cladding remediation and the government’s Warm Homes Plan. https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/au ... plan-89093

[Crabcakes]

“And we can make these claims because we don’t have to make the sums work to make them possible, or make ourselves electable or even appealing to anyone outside our core supporters - which is why we’re not part of any governing group with any real power and likely never will be” they didn’t go on to add, but probably should have.

[Andy McDandy]

The 2 child cap and "a proper wealth tax" are just more Nicaraguas or "to my satisfaction"s. They'll never be happy, and they've made them these big totemic things that you're not allowed to ignore.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Proper wealth tax is that- very hard to make work. But the benefit cuts are not hard or expensive to sort out.

On buses, he's got a longer term commitment there, but the effect of this, I'd guess is more money available for buses. Has he dropped his opposition to the WFA changes?

[Nigredo]

What exactly would a "proper wealth tax" be anyway other than personally raiding the coffers of Amazon/Google?

[Tubby Isaacs]

2% tax on wealth over £10m. Easy £24bn out there, apparently.

This enables Jez to oppose the NI rise in the budget, even though it's a progressive tax.

[kreuzberger]

What exactly would a "proper wealth tax" be anyway other than personally raiding the coffers of Amazon/Google?

Ah, that would be known as "A Start".

[Tubby Isaacs]

Talk that there's going to be an Amazon tax aimed at helping the High Street, but it would need special legislation outside the budget.

[The Weeping Angel]

Oh yeah

Not saying I agree with keeping the two child benefit cap now but it would be nice for Jeremy to acknowledge this.

[Abernathy]

but it would be nice for Jeremy to acknowledge this.

I wouldn’t hold your breath if I were you.