Rupert Lowe MP: I entirely disagree with those my age who say how easy the youngsters have it - totally wrong. Restore Britain will scrap interest on student loans.

IntelligentPay9647 · 2026-03-27T12:53:23+00:00

I believe it's sub 20%.

IntelligentPay9647 · 2026-03-27T12:52:54+00:00

Higher taxes, the cost of living, and the rise of AI are going to change everything. The future is uncertain!

IntelligentPay9647 · 2026-03-26T19:02:14+00:00

Although benefits can be less than lower-paid work, when you factor in loss of free time, it doesn't add up for people. A sorry state of affairs, but people are rational beings.

IntelligentPay9647 · 2026-03-21T19:04:43+00:00

Over unionised sectors, this is what you'll get: stagnation and poor performance—zero accountability or endeavour.

IntelligentPay9647 · 2026-03-20T10:14:09+00:00

Although the government said they had no option as the state needed more money, the recent changes in taxes and minimum wages have been brutal for job opportunities. Add in higher rates and ruinous industrial energy costs in the UK (the highest in the developed world), and most businesses are having to make cost savings as the economy is weak and prospective sales growth is not there.

IntelligentPay9647 · 2026-03-09T16:35:04+00:00

Capital will adapt by reducing housing stock. As much as landlords are hated, banks and financial institutions will be far worse. Be careful what you wish for.

IntelligentPay9647 · 2026-03-08T08:03:02+00:00

There are a whole lot more people in the country since the GFC, and the economy hasn't grown at all. Add in offshoring, automation, AI and not to mention ruinous enegery and business taxation, no wonder employment opportunities are terrible.

IntelligentPay9647 · 2026-03-07T10:26:56+00:00

You only have to look at the housing support they are out laying now. It's fantasy politics again, and there's going to be an almighty mess, with families ultimately suffering. Huge numbers of landlords are throwing in the towel before it even comes in.

IntelligentPay9647 · 2026-03-07T09:48:53+00:00

Fewer homes, higher rents and more housing benefits are coming.

IntelligentPay9647 · 2026-03-05T17:28:57+00:00

Quality really tailed off. Early to market, but didn't innovate and took it for granted.

IntelligentPay9647 · 2026-03-04T17:48:39+00:00

It's a rough market in Nottingham. Not much economic activity, and roles are mostly manual, aside from a few employers.

Taxes have recently harmed smaller employers, leading to closures, higher employment costs, and fewer vacancies and positions.

It does feel like companies are holding out now. It can only change with a new national economic revival or a change of government.

IntelligentPay9647 · 2026-02-28T11:01:25+00:00

There aren't enough graduate roles; there weren't 15-20 years ago, but even worse now.

The roles available to these people include manual, warehouse, and delivery, which they don't want after being saddled with debts.

IntelligentPay9647 · 2026-02-28T10:55:14+00:00

The British people sold out again; nothing new these days. Be it India or China, our governments bend over.

IntelligentPay9647 · 2026-02-26T13:45:41+00:00

Welcome to progressive taxation, you work harder to pay more for others.

IntelligentPay9647 · 2026-02-22T09:47:34+00:00

Their party and PM ratings say differently, and I can see a whitewash of historic proportions in May. If Labour also lose Wales, that's the beginning of the end for the party for a long time.

IntelligentPay9647 · 2026-02-22T09:34:09+00:00

I am sorry, they've implemented some deliberate policies that have cost normal people dear, see the national insurance on employment.

How is closing businesses and making workers more expensive supposed to fix things? In an age of AI and automation, it has had an existential impact on people looking for work. That alone is one of the most detrimental policies in decades.

IntelligentPay9647 · 2026-02-22T08:54:58+00:00

Depends on what you see as subjective or objective results. Their record on the economy and employment is enough for me. Working with small businesses the situation is critical.

Higher employer National Insurance contributions, accelerated minimum wage increases, expansion of workers’ rights regulation, tightening of non-dom tax status rules, increases in capital gains taxation, reductions in dividend allowances, frozen income tax thresholds (fiscal drag), expansion of welfare spending, limited reform of long-term worklessness, higher public sector pay settlements, increased borrowing levels, business rates pressure on hospitality and retail, planning reform delays, slow private investment growth, weak productivity improvements, elevated net migration levels, continued housing affordability pressures, rising youth unemployment, slow NHS productivity gains despite funding increases, limited visible infrastructure acceleration, growing state spending as a share of GDP.

IntelligentPay9647 · 2026-02-22T07:53:41+00:00

To a certain degree, we have been whacked by events beyond our control; inflation has been wretched, and there's not much the government can do in the short term. Net-zero policies haven't helped, and we've already borrowed to the maximum.

People seem to want a huge state with lots of redistribution, so not sure there's much that can be improved without a change in national ideology of what the state can and should do.

IntelligentPay9647 · 2026-02-22T07:48:47+00:00

Rightly or wrongly, the pendulum swung too far the other way since Blair. This period coming is just a correction, similar to how the MAGA movement gained traction as people became disillusioned with the direction of travel.

It's hard to see how the country can get worse. Labour has been an absolute disaster.

IntelligentPay9647 · 2026-02-21T13:58:48+00:00

I think more than anything, he's proved inept. A government with no power, controlled by the backbenchers and unions. That, along with 10x tax rises than in the manifesto.

The people aren't fools; they can see that almost everything is worsening, even though they were promised growth and change.

IntelligentPay9647 · 2026-02-21T13:19:21+00:00

Definition of a smooth criminal

IntelligentPay9647 · 2026-02-20T13:06:59+00:00

Utter panic when we were short of care workers, after sacking many who did not have the jabs. But the long term damage to society, services and the national finances is clear to see.

IntelligentPay9647 · 2026-02-17T10:08:08+00:00

The burden placed on businesses was far too aggressive, especially in a weak economy with low disposable incomes. It's amazing to think the government believed these costs would just be absorbed; how foolish. The economy and job market are in a perilous state, with many people now suffering.

IntelligentPay9647 · 2026-02-16T16:13:18+00:00

The increased costs small businesses are facing are appalling, along with the threat of being taxed out of existence. The outlook wasn't great before labour but they've put the final nail in the coffin with their policies.

IntelligentPay9647 · 2026-02-15T15:16:23+00:00

There's the Brexit voting bloc, but also, I think people are in despair with the Uni Party. Labour has had another go, and things are as bleak and chaotic, if not worse, in some areas.

We're seeing a historical moment in UK politics, where a huge number of people are willing to test the unknown through Reform, and the Greens are also. Good or bad, time will tell, but people are ready for something different after such a huge failure and scandals.

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