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In and build asset bases for themselves. so it shouldnt come as a surprise that im very much aligned on the policy that the prime minister is promoting. so that means, yes, tax cuts and it also means something you argued for, i assume, before liz truss became prime minister, which is looking again at spending, reconsidering spending. well, ive spent my entire political career and its now quite long, very, very focused on the spending side of the revenue account because, you know, we a we have a ...

And they are really, really difficult. much more difficult than those of us sitting at home shouting at the television set, might imagine. >> justin, lets go back to the inflation bill. because as infuriating as it is to see the carried loophole -- carried interest loophole still intact, again, the private equity industry is going to get hooked up ridiculous, it is true. lets talk about what they are doing. and it is estimated that this 1% tax on stock buybacks, thats going to bring in at least ...

That is why it is important for folks to understand what is going on. >> and i get back to the markets, and what the fed is doing? indication was that things are softening on the spending side. they are seeing some impact of inflation. it sounded more optimistic than what some people thought, in terms of what the fed might do next. im watching europe at the moment. you have an energy crisis this week that is going through the roof. energy prices are up 10%, because russia is turning the taps off...

Under lying that is an economy with the strongest labor market and generations spinning off numbers up 26%. >> lets talk gdp. it was negative in q1. it will be negative in q2. technically, that meets a recession. does the white house acknowledge we are technically in a recession. >> the technical definition is not two quarters of negative gdp but it has to do much more with a number of economic variables. actually doing better right now for payroll growth. they look at payroll growth. consumer s...

With the strongest labor market and generations spinning off numbers up 26%. >> lets talk gdp. it was negative in q1. it will be negative in q2. technically, that meets a recession. does the white house acknowledge we are technically in a recession. >> the technical definition is not two quarters of negative gdp but it has to do much more with a number of economic variables. actually doing better right now for payroll growth. they look at payroll growth. consumer spending. they are actually very...

Whenever, march of 2021. you dont want to do that. what you really want to do, if you want to restore some confidence and stabilize the economy. how about a spending freeze and congress does nothing on the spending side, zero. the semi conductor thing needs to be looked at carefully. a $300 billion bill point number one. point two. semi conductor prices, which were high coming out of the pandemic, they are coming down. they are coming down in the private investment sector, private investment. th...

Spoke to carl emmerson, from a leading economic research group. i asked how the promises that we have heard from various contenders to cut tax might be paid for. when rishi sunak was chancellor, we saw him announce a pretty considerable tax rises, some of which we have experienced, many of which we have experienced, many of which are ahead of us. a big rise in corporation tax next april, a freeze at the point at which both income tax and higher rate income tax kick in. they raised substantial su...

Combination of on the spending side, he wanted to spend more on things like the nhs and social care, he wanted an end to austerity, the government did not want to be doing spending cuts elsewhere, and secondly, there was a desire to get the deficit, government borrowing down to normal levels, a desire not to cut spending but to increase elsewhere and it is hard to get the deficit down was what was driving the need for those tax rises. lets talk about — the need for those tax rises. lets talk a...

Right up to cabinet level. the business secretary, kwasi kwarteng, for example, is nervous about the fact that bp have said they are now going to look again at some of their investment plans for the uk. so the spending side of it is popular. the way the money is being raised is more controversial. we have heard the prime minister say in the past hour that he thinks this is a big bazooka package that will help redistribute wealth to people who need it the most. but the big question the chancellor...

Your situation changes, in regard to what you are entitled to, that can change as well. so if you have not looked at that for some time, it is worth looking at that again. there are lots of grants and support that people can access and it is worth considering talking to debt advice charities like the citizens advice bureau or national debt line who can help you understand what else it might be that you can access in your situation. that is on the income side. on the spending side, the advice the...