Local authorities took advantage of the confusion to bump up spending. My local authority spending went up by about 14%, not that I have any idea what on.
When the poll tax was introduced things like benefit payment and pensions were increased above inflation to cover any increases that were expected. If it went up much more blame whoever you elected to run the local council.
BTW when the poll tax was scrapped they didn't remove the payments.
Fascinating reference
Obviously the same chemistry for a different application.
We used Mercerised cotton as a single thread in say 40 of wool, in gents woolen suitings (typically pin striped) to get the light to pick out the stripes.
Obviously any production of worth sufficient to pay to run a mill must be produced literally in boat-load sized batches.
A handy thing to have.
If I could find the diagrams on the web I'd go into production making Bullshit Filters. I expect they are digital worn in the ear jobbies nowadays. When I worked for BBC TV every maintenance room was issued with a single Bullshit Filter in a small polished hardwood box with in and out jacks otherwise known as an A.S.N.* ( weren't they Dave?).
They were needed when listening to production types.
Derek
It was done in Scotland as a bit of a dry run for the whole of the UK.
Bad move that, they'd be bound to kick off about it, and they did. All the Commie s*it stirrers like Reid hadn't all died or gone away.
She was obviously not the type of person to be expected to benefit.
One income, one mouth to feed, one house to herself. If her income was low there was Community Charge Benefit.
*WE* were the type of people expected to benefit. One income five mouths to feed, one house between the five of us.And benefit we did. :-))
Next door with four wages coming in paid more.
How ? It's 11 years since the Tories were in power to follow, even then I can't recall the particular example to which you refer.
There are many parts of the country where wages are lower such as the North of England or the west Country where people earning well over the local average income are much worse off.
G.Mac S.F. had access to the treasury computer model which would have forecast exactly how these people would lose out so had no excuse, but chose to ignore it in favour of a headline grabbing Tommy Cooper-esque so - called "tax cut" in the 22% rate.
That's not my recollection of how people re-act to a 3-6% cut in take home pay, or more since take-home is the residue after all stoppages.
DG
And the rest. I used to do occasional pick and shovel sessions with the blokes who did it regularly. I think I once worked out that I'd moved about 30 tonnes during a shift and I was just one of the blokes on a factory floor with four conveyor belts.
Yes it was, and is the correct way to collect tax. Actually, even better, don't collect tax - just arrange that individuals can buy their own services and cut out the middle man.
Which means that he will lose, as deserved.
Maximum financial benefit that is then. I see. I don't like it.
Is a hill farm, or a forest, reserved land?
I think this would kill farming and all the other low profit rural activities that have made Britain what it is.
Andy
They should have kept you on that chain gang.
No, beneficial to people and the community. You know nothing about it. You are guessing.
If it is, it is.
It would enhance farming as it would largely eliminate large landowners who charge high rents for farms. Most farms world be owned by the farmers.
Lagoons have been suggested in the Mersey and Severn. A suggestion was the Mersey Barrage would taken out into Liverpool Bay from Formby to North Wales damming in the Mersey and Dee. One long wall, although an ideal bridge. The Severn lagoon barrage would be North-South west of Cardiff.
Any barrier will restrict maritime traffic.
Rock can be taken from river estuaries to make them deeper and more attractive for large vessels. From inside the barrages.
Would have kicked your head in, correct.
Oh Look! A plantpot.
I think it was due to the rebates under the mature rates system. Because of her circumstances she got a 100% rebate under the rates, so paid nothing. The maximum 'discount' with the poll tax was 90%. Which just shows that when politicians appeal to the masses for something new like this and quote 'the little widow woman living out her life in the family home paying the same as the family next door where they all work' they're basically lying.
It was at the discretion of the local authority IIRC, some of them chose not to give big discounts and blame it on Maggie.
I can't believe that comes as a surprise to you.
I can't imagine who that would be....
I doubt Britains taxpayers, Britain's Roads, Britain's lorry fleets or indeed any of Britain's bankers are, though.
Hek, whiy not simply almdfill acroos teh notyh sea and use that as extra land mas, for affordable housing andmake the whole North Sea a tidal logoon.
Its only money, time, manpower, fuel to move materials..and energy...that we WERE trying to reduce, not increase..
sigh.
Its always those to the left of center that have the greatest leanings towards fascism, isn't it?
Most farms would be owned by a bank, and there would be no farms at all.
Well, it was a PR leaflet from the CEGB: I'm not sure which you'd put that under.
Dan.
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