Painful' years ahead, as living standards set to fall. Household disposable income to fall by £1,050 or 3% by 2029. That is a political choice. 1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. Redistribution is off the political agenda.

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Budget continues with the freeze on tax personal allowance, £12570 since 2021. Fiscal drag increased tax on the less well-off. In 2026-27, a minimum wage earner would pay extra £980 in income tax & NIC. £1,137 in 2027-28. Cost of appeasing the rich. What chance reviving town centres?

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Happiness is wanting what you have, not having what you want.

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the authoritarianism that is continuing under Burnham is the thing that will stop me voting Labour

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The one thing I've taken from the reaction of deaths of Dolly Parton and Patrick Stewart is how much love there is towards people who represent goodness, and how much meaning they bring to people's lives, shaping the idea of the world they want to live in, giving them ideals to strive for.

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