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    Die Minister von Starmer erwägen einen neuen Wirtschaftsplan, um die Wut der Wähler zu unterdrücken


    Die Minister von Starmer erwägen einen neuen Wirtschaftsplan, um die Wut der Wähler zu unterdrücken

    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/20/ministers-blueprint-economic-overhaul-fears-cost-of-living-hand-election-far-right

    Von SKAOG

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    1. SKAOG on

      Please do implement a Land Value Tax, and move to a zoning based system for construction with a default yes if safety criteria is met over the current planning application system.

    2. Krabsandwich on

      This sounds radical and possibly very progressive. I await the full report before making that judgement but if it is then the Labour Party may be finding its mojo again, interesting times ahead (hopefully).

    3. deprevino on

      >belief that hard work and “doing the right thing” leaves many feeling cheated

      It feels like nearly every benefit I hear announced is for people on universal credit. They may need the help, but I want to hear my government do something for me *as well.* The £150 energy cut is decent but doesn’t offset soaring council tax, which will just stretch to a staggering amount if it’s allowed to go up by 5% endlessly.

    4. artooeetoo on

      They should keep their promise and abolish leasehold. That’ll quell the anger of about 5 million households who feel betrayed by Number 10’s current stance of doing absolutely nothing about it, in spite of it being part of their manifesto and the King’s Speech.

    5. TheSJDRising on

      Let me guess. „Broadest shoulders etc“ which basically means that anyone in the middle who works for a living gets shafted whilst those at the top and the bottom are protected.

    6. Woffingshire on

      Finally!

      Look, I don’t think Rachael Reeves has been the anti christ of chancellors like the press insist, but she has been disappointing unambitious.

      There’s so much about our bloated and confusing tax system that just doesn’t work and I expected a new government insisting they were going to „fix the economy“ to actually be willing to make some changes to it, but so far they’ve just A. Added new taxes into new things, and B. Fiddled with the numbers a bit on existing taxes.

      They haven’t actually changed anything when it’s clear that our tax system just isn’t working anymore, because they’re having to break the system as it was designed to force more people into higher tax brackets, while also making it more expensive for employers to hire people in order to make up their budget.

      We need to have a completely overhaul, or at least comprehensive review, of our tax system for how to just make it better cause it just isn’t working for our economy.

    7. niteninja1 on

      “Voters aren’t turning to Reform and the Greens because they’re becoming ‘extreme’. They’re, fairly, concluding that the mainstream offer is managed decline and they’d rather roll the dice.

      well yeah ive been saying this for a while

    8. Letzer-Mensch-hunter on

      Have they tried taxing workers and giving more benefits to redditors?

    9. parkway_parkway on

      >“The problem with the answers coming from the populists isn’t that they’re ‘not sensible’, it’s that they’re not radical enough,” one Labour source said. “Price controls and handouts actually accept the premise that things can’t be fundamentally changed. The truly radical thing is taking on why the system is broken in the first place. Why can’t we build homes? Why is energy so expensive? Why do many workers pay a higher marginal tax rate than a landlord?

      >“Voters aren’t turning to Reform and the Greens because they’re becoming ‘extreme’. They’re, fairly, concluding that the mainstream offer is managed decline and they’d rather roll the dice. The answer is to put forward something genuinely bolder that really changes things for them.”

      This x1000.

      Stop increasing benefits and pensions to help people cope with the cost of living … get the cost of living down by building the infrastructure we actually need. That’s what helps everyone with the cost of living. Stop with the minimum wages and workers rights etc, just boost the economy so there’s more demand for workers which raises wages.

      Why does electricity cost 4x more in the UK than it does in the US?

      Why are there so few council houses and why is rent so expensive?

      Why do we pay wind turbine operators money to dump power and then also pay gas turbine operators to spin up because we don’t have enough pylons?

      This nails exactly how I feel politically, if Tories / Labour can’t do anything other than managed decline then I’m really considering voting for someone radical, even though it might be worse.

    10. Lower-Main2538 on

      Too much focused on benefits + pensioners – nothing focused on hard working class / supposedly middle class people. If you’re single or a couple working now with no kids, you get absolute f all but more taxes and lower wages.

    11. aegroti on

      I’m probably one of the few people who wouldn’t mind paying a lot more tax but I want to see ***real*** tangible benefit from it e.g. :

      * more police dealing with crime directly,
      * more support for social workers helping people in poverty,
      * mental health suppport.
      * non cosmetic Dental properly covered by NHS,
      * nationalised public transport (starting with trains) and potentially even utilities.
      * Proportional representation in government.
      * Long term planning and investing e.g. soveriegn wealth fund to alleviate economic downturns.
      * A push to get pensions to follow Australia’s model now with younger folk before we all drown from supporting pension payments.
      * Stopping the ease of access for illegal workers getting paid i.e. shutting down deliveroo/uber by giving proper employee protections.
      * Getting rid of all private/grammar schools like Finland

      Basically something which aligns more to Nordic models.

    12. xParesh on

      What do they mean ’new‘ economical blueprint? Was there an old one that I missed? Unemployment has been rising every month since their first budget. We were barely skirting the drain of recession before the whole Iran situation.

      Devolving tax raising power just means Londoners are going to pay even more.

      Sometimes cutting tax rates actually increases tax receipts. If they had a stamp duty holiday, people’s social mobility would improve and all the industries supported by the housing market would flourish. They also need to incentivise businesses to hire young people whose shockingly high unemployment rates are an absolute scandal.

    13. peteski77 on

      Can we take back the oil fields thatcher gave away? Not that I believe oil is an answer but just stopping it now, it’s not time yet.

    14. ItWasJustBanter1 on

      Sounds good, I don’t believe they will do any of it though because they want to not upset anyone.

      We spend more on welfare than we take in with income tax. The culture and institutions that allow that to even be thinkable all need overhauling for us to be able to really grow again.

    15. mancunian101 on

      Sensible, but I doubt anything substantial will come of it.

      And I think the article Hutson an important point, people aren’t switching to reform etc because they’re extreme, it’s because a lot of people are desperate and don’t see anything changing under Labour or the Tories.

      I can understand that, if you’re working 37+ hours a week and scraping by then you don’t really have much to lose by voting reform.

    16. xpacmanxx10 on

      It’s easy. Take back the water and power from private investments. Give the people what they pay for. Simple.

    17. Cute-Formal7931 on

      Some artical the other day said the amount of benifits payed out supasses the amout tax payers are paying this year isnt that kind of a crisis making a faulse economy

    18. The_Grizzly_Bear on

      Good. They better hurry up about it, though, because they’ve already pissed away close to 2 years and have next to nothing to show for it.

    19. emoMan69 on

      Until everyone pays for what they use state provides as the bedrock of society we should be angry. Close loopholes and designed tax avoidance now. Make the wealthiest individuals and big corporations pay their share. That is what middle class is expected to do, why not the really rich?

    20. emoMan69 on

      Those on benefits play a massive part in wealth distribution and quantitative easing driven by competition and with funds flowing to the best sources. So they are neither skivers nor unnecessary.

    21. Aggressive_Chuck on

      Should they not have worked all this out during their fourteen years in opposition?

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