Is it time to raise basic tax rate?

 The reliance on "Consultancy Culture" needs addressing, huge wastage on this score.

Couldn't agree more. We pay the top managers and CEO's of public organisations huge salaries and benefits for their experience and expertise but as soon as something demanding crops up they take on expensive consultants who walk away when it all goes tyres-up, and then the highly paid executives merely say 'Lessons will be learned'. Surely, we don't pay them to learn at the taxpayers' expense?

Even more strain on the tax resources as they have announced that Buck Palace is to be allocated £369 million for much needed restoration. See here.

who don't pick up mess.

 

If HRH's claim for Housing Benefit of £369 million fails she should get her name down asap on Westminster Council's 'Affordable Housing' waiting list.

She has a lot of dependents so it'll be a big Home that's needed, good luck with that one Ma'am

I think there is far too much waste of  money in pretty much all public services.  When it is not your own money you are spending, that apparently rare attribute "commonsense" seems to go out of the window.

If we ran our household and budget like the public sector runs theirs, we would be in deep financial problems too!

No need for higher taxes, rather a need for better decision making and sensible spending.

Sorry folks

This discussion has unfortunately strayed into politics which as we all know contravenes the Community Guidelines.

I'll close this discussion temporarily at this stage and ask the Community Manager to review it.

Cheers

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