[QUOTE=ninianclark;4809293]Corbyn reading from a script (nothing wrong with that) but it sounds this is the first time he has read it.

He is now bringing Grenfell into it , desperate, very wide ranging and waffling .


Anyway - from what I heard :-

Abolition of stamp duty for first time buyers
300,000 additional homes in ENGLAND - but not till 2020's
Fuel duty frozen
NHS staff pay rises - new money
Tax allowance up to 11,850
higher rate 46,350
young persons rail card from 26-30 (not sure why though - 30 young person?)
Universal Credit changes - time reduced etc (cost 1.5 billion)

Growth forecast - downgraded to 1.5 (down from 2.0) - but the OBR have been wrong (very wrong in the past) - problem - aiming for 2% -

Borrowing to fall - but not at the same rate as is now.
Deficit reduction slowing down obviously

Growth / borrowing down - OBR thinks UK productivity will go down (not good)
National debt - 86% of national income this year - but will fall next year (peaked hopefully)
Health - extra 10 billion capital investment before 2020
Drink no change - but high strength booze up
Fags inflation +2%
Living wage up to £7.83
vehicle excise duty up for diesels

Overall view from me - some good - but sticking plaster on an open wound perhaps. Economy not as strong as people thought perhaps, hence he has slacked off trying to reduce the deficit / debt.[/QUOTE

This country is fecked under the capitalist Tories , it's as simple as that