Britain’s wealthy must shoulder burden of rebuilding ‘creaky’ public services, Rachel Reeves says
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/28/wealthy-shoulder-burden-creaky-public-services-rachel-reeves-chancellor-budget
Posted by Low_Map4314
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Shame the budget mostly increased the taxes of upper working and middle class people then
Says Chancellor who just announced a budget addressing none of this
Rebuilding public services or shouldering the burden of a spiralling welfare bill her back benchers refuse to tackle.
This statement is correct.
Shame she completely ignored the wealthy in the budget
So grasp the nettle and fucking do something about it rather than say this every few months but make no changes reflecting it?
She says… while leaving many of Britain’s key failing public services privately owned and generating huge profits for the wealthy
I swear pre election it was the tax avoiding multinationals that were going to shoulder the burden.
In the case the wealthy is always people on 150-200k not the actual mega wealthy.
Her disingenuous waffle has almost nothing to do with the budget she just announced! The only bit that lines up I can see is the implied “young people can get fucked”
Top 10% of earners pay over 60% of all income tax – that not enough? Britains hatred of the rich (and I don’t mean the 0.01% rich, but the high earners) brings zero benefit.
I too can say what I want while doing absolutely nothing to fix it
I’m not fucking wealthy though!
Can someone put an official definition of wealthy out there?
Then why did you do something about it in the budget? Stupid woman.
This government is simply filling up the pockets of the public sector. It turns out they were not for workers at all.
Is there a way to fix the NHS? I have long been a defender of it, but having had to experience second hand (via my partner) in last 6 weeks, the service is appalling in my local hospital.
Its all because they have shut every A&E around us, so you sit in pain for over 14 hours to get a bed. The only way to fix it is increasing capacity, but there clearly isn’t the money to do so.
Sure seems like it’s mostly middle income young people and graduates shouldering the burden
There comes a point where the question “where do we get the money from?” stops being asked and “where is the money going?” Needs to be answered.
So why did she target the middle ( the ones who elected her )
Let’s see what’s left of their local base come May. ( Not that Keith and Rachel care …… )
Not very much I think.
While wasting literally billions on asylum seekers, it’s not going to happen.
Since Covid the only key skill that all governments have excelled in is how to divert public money into schemes that they, their mates and sponsors directly benefit from.
Effectively they realised just how rich they could get through Covid and now they want to extend that.
Absolute cowards. Freezing tax thresholds, aka tax rises through the back door. Genuinely awful government.
I agree. The problem is her definition of wealthy.
The middle class are not the wealthy people in this country.
Robin Hood economics.
Growth can shoulder the burden of rebuilding public services, but Reeves discourages growth by taxing those who work to pay for those who don’t contribute.
They say ‘wealthy’ so people think multimillionaires and then it’s everyone on £50k+
What fucked me off in the last budget is it was take take take. She attacked my wages, my savings, my EV, my pension.
After years of saying ‘things are hard’ you absolutely batter me.
After paying out a fortune on pensions, and telling younger to get private ones. You come after it.
After years of environmental pledges, and telling folks to go green. You come after it.
Reeves is a problem to growth.
I make £34k a year – this should be a comfortable wage for a single person but I feel less well off than 5 years ago when I was making £24k. My salary had increased due to working hard and getting promoted, which is what we’re constantly told to do to get ahead.
Rent used to be £350, now it’s £750. Council tax was £75, now it’s £110. Energy was £80, now it’s £120. A week’s shopping used to be £40 now it’s £60. I don’t know how much longer people can take the squeeze.
I am pro immigration, pro welfare state, a real “leftie” but even I can see why people like Reform. Yes, I think they’re a horrible party with horrible values but they are tapping into people’s anger of the last 5 years in a way the main parties never can.m
All that to say if the wealthy should pay, why are MY taxes stealthily going up instead?
Even if I earned 150k per year. After tax, it would take me 20 years of saving every penny to have as much net worth as a pensioner who bought a modest house in London for 30k, 30 years ago.
Wealth needs defining.
That’s what you say, but that’s not what your budget says. Not is it how the Labour Party act.
Lots of highly trained, talented, wealthy individuals will just go to America, Australia, Dubai etc. Then we’ll be in a bigger mess than we are today.