I've thinking about the budget in relation to the constituents whose cases I have raised in the chamber this past year
Short thread 👇1/5
Short thread 👇1/5
5% VAT for hospitality is welcome as is the furlough extension but the reality is that furlough is costing businesses that are currently closed money - it's not the scheme they accessed a year ago. Fixed monthly costs continue and grants don't cover them 2/5
There's no actual change to Self Employment Support - it's just that more people qualify by having 19/20 tax returns. Despite the work of @APPGGapsSupport and all of the support groups - nothing for #ExcludedUK #ForgottenLtd and others 3/5
Increases in personal allowance this year and then a 5 YEAR freeze - simply a stealth tax that means the poorest are paying the greatest proportion of their income in tax. Plus no change to Corporation Tax means those who have done well during Covid don't pay a fair share now 4/5
Maintaining #UniversalCredit uplift welcome but just creates another cliff edge. And we know that those on legacy benefits are disproportionately more likely to be disabled - and they have NEVER had an uplift. 5/5 ENDS #Budget2021
Oh and one more - the first #Budget since we definitively left the EU and literally nothing, not a peep. How are we leveraging all the amazing benefits of our departure that we were told about? 🤷♀️ #Budget2021
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