25-04-2012, 09:37
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Re: UK back in Recession
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Thats not good news at all.
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25-04-2012, 09:39
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Re: UK back in Recession
so the fuel panic buying didn't help then
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25-04-2012, 09:40
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Re: UK back in Recession
We'll have to put the prices up again on everything a bit more. and then give away a few more billions.
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25-04-2012, 09:41
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Re: UK back in Recession
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so the fuel panic buying didn't help then
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That happened over a few days, so unlikely to have a noticeable effect on quarterly results.
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25-04-2012, 09:41
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Re: UK back in Recession
Government must try something else now surely? Start some building projects, push for HS2 to be started as soon as possible.
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25-04-2012, 09:58
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Re: UK back in Recession
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Government must try something else now surely? Start some building projects, push for HS2 to be started as soon as possible.
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It's a must as far as i am concerened .HS2 is a possibility but isn't that a few years way from starting ? Whatever they do they need to go for something that needs a multitude of different types of companies to maximise the work created
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25-04-2012, 09:59
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Re: UK back in Recession
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don't know how anyone is surprised by that with this rotten to core goverment
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25-04-2012, 10:03
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Re: UK back in Recession
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It's a must as far as i am concerened .HS2 is a possibility but isn't that a few years way from starting ? Whatever they do they need to go for something that needs a multitude of different types of companies to maximise the work created
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Well America seems to have managed some growth, it's hard to judge if what they did would work here but the current strategy doesn't seem to be working.
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25-04-2012, 10:03
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Re: UK back in Recession
I need my waistline to contract by a few percent.
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25-04-2012, 10:14
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Re: UK back in Recession
Best have Merv the Swerve crank up the printing presses again, clearly £325 billion created money isn't enough and we need more, after all it's working so well...
Main cause behind this is a big drop in construction, again. Construction should be the cure, not the disease.
Time for a massive cabinet reshuffle, bring in some people who actually spend some of their time in the real world.
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25-04-2012, 10:30
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Re: UK back in Recession
What can the government invest in? What could we build?
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25-04-2012, 10:35
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Re: UK back in Recession
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What can the government invest in? What could we build?
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More social housing? In London. So we don't have to send families to Stoke?
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25-04-2012, 10:49
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Re: UK back in Recession
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What can the government invest in? What could we build?
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Housing. I understand there are a few problems with supply and affordability especially in the south.
In the interim telling NIMBYs to properly shove it where the sun doesn't shine and completing planning reform rather than watering it down to appease the usual suspects would also be good.
Obviously neither is going to happen as things stand. The government are more interested in pandering to the buy to let brigade for their votes so continue to have them allowed to offset mortgage interest against rent for tax purposes while those on owner-occupier mortgages receive no such consideration and those paying already over the odds rents cover this loss of revenue from income tax.
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25-04-2012, 10:53
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Re: UK back in Recession
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More social housing? In London. So we don't have to send families to Stoke?
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or a suggestion at cost cutting, stop paying housing benefit of 400 per week ?? then use that money on infastructure, scrap ALL foreign aid of all kinds, again spend the money on infastructure, i am quite sure 10+ billion could help stimulate the economy if spent wisely, like mentioned above HS2 would be a good start..
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