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Actually, the amount from the £2m house tax is not as high as I thought. But that and gambling taxes will bring in about £1.5bn a year. I'm ok with that.

Hopefully this means that the government won't need to make any more changes (the ones made to new claims were pretty drastic already). Looks like Reeves/Kendall/Starmer may have been panicked by unnecessarily pessimistic forecasts. Hopefully now the Timms review can take place in a calmer atmosphere.

Although the notability reforms are causing ructions.

Nice to see Antonia back on Bluesky.

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The Weeping Angel wrote: ↑Wed Nov 26, 2025 1:54 pm Although the notability reforms are causing ructions.

Autocorrect has sabotaged you there, mate.

Gambling is an interesting one, because what can they do? Reduce free bets, lower odds so the profit is simply not there.

I suppose ramping up on those things it can control such as games and virtual betting, then again its probably where they pull the money in anyhow.

An aside from the Budget, but I really don't like this stuff, and I frequently said so when I used to post on The Guardian even though defending Priti Patel wasn't a popular position.

All these politicians have just as much right to their views on migration as on anything else.