Mark McKenna

@Sallyjo799 @RoperCarl From his original objection: "Am I and the people Liverpool 18 being snobbish with our objection? If people want to eat junk food and not see what their children are eating that is up to them but, Allerton Road is not the right place." - Richard NIMBY Kemp

@RoperCarl I mean I don't see where he stated he wanted KFCs anywhere else.

Classic NIMBY. KFCs are for “other” parts of Liverpool aren’t they. Not posh Allerton Rd.

@atjames88 @FraserNelson Nowhere near as rapidly as in the UK. Nor to as high a level relative to average incomes

@markmc_82 @FraserNelson All those other countries have increased their NMW and not seen the same wage stagnation

Is the UK minimum wage too high? Fascinating analysis from Tom Calver... times-comment.com/nmw

@atjames88 @FraserNelson Linked. NMW rises reduce/remove the pot for other (above NMW) staff to get a rise. So the floor comes up, but the ceiling stays where it is leading to wage compression.

@FraserNelson A big issue here is wage stagnation, other countries have seen median salary increase dramatically since 2008 we haven't, their proportion of the median salary has steadily risen allowing minimum wage to stay relatively level. We need to increase as it would push people into pov.

@aNorthernGarden @LoftusSteve Might want to read the bio for a quick second...

@markmc_82 @LoftusSteve Yes, they recover the VAT and then charge the customer VAT so of no advantage to the consumer. They always pay material cost + VAT. You don't really understand how VAT works do you?

Just to be clear. The VAT threshold was created to remove the administrative burden from small businesses. In real terms the original '73 threshold was about £55k. That burden barely exists now. There's dozens of easy to use solutions that do it all for you.

@aNorthernGarden @LoftusSteve A tradesman would surely be supply and fit to exceed £90k threshold. Unless you're paying £400-500 a day... So they have VAT on materials (which they can't reclaim). Registering allows them to recover that

@markmc_82 @LoftusSteve How do you think any business can 'absorb' 20% on its labour charge? Would you like to 'absorb' 20% from you income?

@abcdlights @LoftusSteve Absolutely spot on this. The threshold currently allows one man bands to have a good living. Those looking to grow and employ people get hit by VAT making them look expensive. Dropping the threshold would be a brilliant move

@LoftusSteve I am directly pricing against those who are not registered, either legitimately or by a bit of fiddling. The benefits of being VAT probably do not pay more than the lost work to those that are not. It's a tough middle ground and hinders expansion.

@aNorthernGarden @LoftusSteve The builder in this example would be able to recover the VAT incurred by them. It wouldn't be necessary to add 20% to the total bill. A lot could be absorbed by them. Most people are concerned by the traders who *aren't* registered. Not by having to charge VAT itself

@LoftusSteve How does it benefit everyone? If a tradesman currently under the vat threshold has to bill me an extra 20%, how does that benefit me? It just allows the government to spaff more money on pointless carbon capture, pointless overseas climate aid and housing illegal migrants.

@KirstieMAllsopp @thatsnotmine125 After that build up. Let's stop wasting roadsigns? What an amazing insight

@thatsnotmine125 Start with wastage, have you even noticed how much stuff is left lying around after a road works for example. We have become a nation of people that do not look after things, we don’t maintain things.

When will Rachel Reeves start talking about saving money not just finding more & more ways of taking money away from people who themselves have bothered to save and work hard?

@rcolvile Another area where we need a hard reset. Remove green belt protections (within 10 mile of a major city), s106, affordable housing, the lot of it. Developers pay x% of the sales value to the LA. Anything not completed within 5yrs, they pay 2-3x. Let's build

I've said this before but the housebuilding situation in London, public and private, is becoming a national emergency.

@johnmcdonnellMP Things change John. Perhaps governing was never for you. With this logic, you would have stopped reservoirs, military training sites and countless other developments that are now essential infrastructure.

Just to give you some idea of the impact of Heathrow’s plans for a 3rd runway, this is Harmondsworth village, one of the 4 Heathrow villages that will be wiped off the face of the earth by Heathrow.15,000 people will lose their homes & community to profit a foreign owned company.

@Beloved71478281 @alexburghart Did he say the walking class? I can't hear him

@alexburghart What about cheese makers?

🔴Labour is requiring all civil service interns to be “working class” … Let’s have a look at what the Govt means by “working class” … They use parental occupation when the applicant was 14 Banned parental occupations will now include nurses and teachers … as well as … (1)

@pete_ar_fryn @MerryAlbright It is likely to be much more of an issue for high asset/low return businesses. Also has a compounding effect for deaths within 5-10yrs (beyond QSR). Death one was still being paid for, then new owner dies and it's a fresh IHT charge. It's badly thought out imho.

Would Govt. prefer us to sell the workshop, yard, offices, stock or staff room to pay the ludicrous BPR IHT if my mum dies? 45 years of unimaginable graft, risk, sacrifice (& paying taxes) - but then shafted simply because we run a good family business & provide good stable jobs.

@pete_ar_fryn @MerryAlbright Absolutely no effort to value. Purely illustrative, just like your own. Do remember that extracting any real amount cash from a business typically brings dividend taxes circa 40%. Then from that net sum, the payment is made. Also the retained earnings could be working cap.

@Chris472600 @McNolf @BazaritoDorito @faisalislam "But secure your future entitlement." Nope. Absolutely wrong. Govt doesn't work people (except public sector). Stop Govt waste. But keep paying £12k a year to people who don't need it. Amazing...

@markmc_82 @McNolf @BazaritoDorito @faisalislam They fund the current pensions, but secure your future entitlement to one. 50k is not a high salary to cut people off from state pension. it is fundamentally wrong to be worked to the bone and expect to receive less in return. Stop government waste and benefit fraud.

NEW OBR fiscal risks report: - Triple lock is costing treble what it was initially assumed to cost when introduced in 2012… - £15.5bn a year rather than £5bn a year and is - State Pension on course to cost 7.5% of the UK’s entire GDP within 50 years, was 2% in 50s, now 5%

@EdConwaySky @OBR_UK Have they ever been right about anything? Didn't the OBR sign off on every one of those debt projections at the time? Didn't the also agree with the initial estimated cost for triple lock? It's rule by spreadsheet... and the OBR isn't very good at them

🤓Possibly my favourite ever @OBR_UK chart👇 The green line is what the Government tells us is going to happen to the national debt at each Budget (up a bit then down). The yellow line is what actually happens (up, up, up)

@llinos_medi How about an extra 2% tax on second jobs of MPs. Or abolishing subsidised lunches at Westminster? There are plenty of fairer ways to raise money. Just not from you hey?

Labour’s decision to cut disability benefits and raise National Insurance isn’t something they were forced to do. It’s a choice. A 2% tax on assets over £10 million could raise £24 billion a year. There are plenty of fairer ways to raise money. nation.cymru/news/plaid-cym…

@PeterMcCormack @MarinaPurkiss Who values it? On what basis? At what cost to police by HMRC? It's a mess of a policy. Mass of UK taxpayers haven't woken up. A little more, from everyone. The "someone else will pay" is getting a tad old

Obviously I’m going to respond to this, because I have questions and I’m interested in your answers. If someone’s wealth is tied up in a business or property, and not in liquid cash, how exactly are they meant to pay a 2% wealth tax? Sell off pieces of annually? Do you expect them to sell assets every year, triggering capital gains tax on top of the wealth tax? What if selling the asset destroys the underlying value, like a founder diluting their company, or a landlord forced to sell in a down market? What if the wealth is generating no income at all that year? Should they borrow against it? At rising interest rates? So they’re now in debt to pay the state for owning something?

If you can’t afford a 2% wealth tax on assets over £10 million… Might I suggest you live within your means?

@mansfieldrv6 @supertanskiii Would you like someone to buy you a car? Would you support taxes being paid by someone who isn't you? An overwhelming majority presents itself!

Of course 75% support it! It doesn’t cost them a penny. You could ask the same people if billionaires should be forced to fund free puppies and still get a majority. Polls like this reveal sentiment, not sound policy. It's easy to back taxes you’ll never pay, harder to see the long-term damage to growth, investment, and innovation.

It’s simple, Labour. Tax the wealthy. Rejoin the single market. Fix the economy. Invest in public services. Make people feel the change. Improve living standards. This is how you beat the ReFuckers. This is how you avoid a one term government. This is how you fix Britain.

@Chris472600 @McNolf @BazaritoDorito @faisalislam You pay in to pay out current pensioners. There is no pot of money. Means test it. Anyone over £50k income no go. Assume 5% ROI on assets to prevent hoarding (asset rich cash poor guv...) Oh and move the retirement age to 73.

@McNolf @BazaritoDorito @faisalislam 'Wealthiest to 10%' 90% of the population are not 'wealthy'. If you pay tax into a system, to cover your state pension you should recieve it. You cant continually asked people to pay the same or more for less in return. The solution cant always be strip the workers