‘You keep banging on about all the companies moving out due to Brexit’, I’ve been told. That’s because, every week, another big player makes another big decision. This time, although they’re German (‘don’t mention the…’), they’ve said that no jobs will be lost as a result. You can bet, however that none will be created and that UK employees are at greater risk as it implements its ‘global restructuring to reduce costs’ than those in, say, Frankfurt.
“Rachel Reeves may be forced to raise taxes”
Why did she/they (in the old sense) think that tinkering around with IHT and CGT would be enough to sort out the NHS; and the potholes; and…and the list goes on. My guess is that they asked the Treasury for a list of anything not involving income tax that they could get away with lightly, although they should already have learned from the winter fuel stuff that all publicity is not good publicity.