[arista]

Sunak to unveil £2bn home insulation scheme



[Hundreds of thousands of homeowners
will receive vouchers of up to £5,000 for
energy-saving home improvements,
with the poorest getting up to £10,000.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is due to set
out a £2bn grant scheme in England for
projects such as insulation as part of a
wider £3bn plan to cut emissions.]

[The Treasury said the grants could help to
support more than 100,000 jobs.
Labour said renters appeared to be left
out and called for a "broader and bigger"
plan to cut carbon emissions.
Under the Green Homes Grant, the government
will pay at least two-thirds of the cost
of home improvements that save energy,
the Treasury said.
The Conservative manifesto had
pledged £9.2bn for improving the energy
efficiency of low income housing and public buildings.
Shadow business secretary Ed Miliband welcomed
the plan but stressed that it was not "comprehensive".]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53313640


[It was revealed last month that
Mr Sunak is considering a temporary VAT cut
to get the high street back on its feet - something
that's been called for by trade body
the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
Businesses would also be able to defer
their VAT spending for another three months,
under the economic blueprint.

Some report that a six-month VAT cut could
also be on the cards for pubs, restaurants,
hotels and other in the hospitality industry.

VAT currently stands at 20 per cent.]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/12041...s-rishi-sunak/

[arista]

[CheapLousyFaggit]

Renters being left out, surely installing insulation is a bigger job than someone can have done to their rental home? Like, having different doors out in, decorators, and gardeners is fine, but structural things should be down to the landlord?

[arista]

[arista]

[arista]

Sunak is live after PMQ's
today, so after 12:30PM

[joeysteele]

Up to now Sunak is the only one worth listening to.

Let's hope we don't see any reigning in of him by whoever, to a harder, less compassionate line.

[arista]

Sunak MP
is Live now

[arista]

[Tom4784]

The job placements scheme will be useless as it only serves for free labour for companies with no incentive for them to take on jobseekers beyond their placement and plus jobseekers will inevitably do more work then they are getting paid for on universal credit.

You've also got the issue that such schemes always impede jobseeking efforts as it makes jobseekers less flexible in when they can interview and such and it gives them less time to actually job search.

Schemes like these exist only to make employment stats look better as you know they'll count people on these placements as being in work.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

The job placements scheme will be useless as it only serves for free labour for companies with no incentive for them to take on jobseekers beyond their placement and plus jobseekers will inevitably do more work then they are getting paid for on universal credit.

You've also got the issue that such schemes always impede jobseeking efforts as it makes jobseekers less flexible in when they can interview and such and it gives them less time to actually job search.

Schemes like these exist only to make employment stats look better as you know they'll count people on these placements as being in work.

Is this a revamp of the 'workfare' scheme that a graduate took to court and had scrapped?

[Cherie Christmas]

Eat out to help out

Monday to Wednesday 50% off up to 10.00 per head for month of August

[arista]

5% VAT on Hot Take Away Food
until Jan.


[VAT cut for some sectors from 20% to 5%
Sunak says it's important to get the hospitality
sector "bustling again" while making
sure we "enjoy summer safely".
"At the moment, VAT on hospitality and
tourism is charged at 20%.
So I’ve decided, for the next six months, to cut VAT on food, accommodation and attractions," he adds.

"Eat-in or hot takeaway food from restaurants,
cafes and pubs, accommodation
in hotels, B&Bs, campsites and caravan sites,
attractions like cinemas, theme parks and zoos.

"All these and more will see VAT reduced,
from next Wednesday until
January 12th, from 20% to 5%."]

[arista]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Eat out to help out

Yes so long as they register
next week

[Cherie Christmas]

Originally Posted by arista

5% VAT on Take Away Food
until Jan.

on all hospitality Arista including hotels, cinemas, theme parks etc

[Cherie Christmas]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes so long as they register
next week

nom nom

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Is this a revamp of the 'workfare' scheme that a graduate took to court and had scrapped?

It sounds like it, I was reading about it earlier and it sounded like the same scheme under a different name.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Cherie

on all hospitality Arista including hotels, cinemas, theme parks etc

Yes Edited text in .

[arista]

£10 per person discount as part of
'Eat Out to Help Out' scheme
Sunak says his final measure has
"never been tried before in the UK" but that in
August, meals eaten at any participating
business - from Monday to Wednesday - will be 50% off,
up to a maximum discount of £10 per head for everyone,
including children.

Businesses will need to register, and can
do so through a simple website,
open next Monday, he adds.

Each week in August, businesses can
then claim the money back, with the funds
in their bank account within five working days.]

[Kizzy]

Where's my 500 smackers Rishi?....

[arista]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Where's my 500 smackers Rishi?....

Yes he has skipped a few

[Kizzy]

Another wolf in sheep's clothing...beware of tories baring 'gifts'...

https://realfare.wordpress.com/2014/...bout-workfare/

[The Slim Reaper]

eat out to help out sounds like a feminazi plot.

[Santa's NaughtiNess]

I don't really go to restaurants. I prefer to order food and eat it at home.

[Toy Soldier]

"Poor" and "homeowners" in the same sentence just reveals that they have absolutely no idea about what low income actually means.

News flash tories; the people who need help the most don't own property .