VIDEO: Opinion divided over Chancellor's plans in emergency Budget
A "necessary evil" or "completely unfair and another example of the north/south divide" – what's your reaction to the emergency budget.
After Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne told the House Of Commons his plans to get the country back on track yesterday, our roving reporters took to the streets to find out how the people of North East Lincolnshire would fare under the new regime.
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Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne.
As reported, measures announced include:
Plans to hike VAT up to 20 per cent in January next year.
Getting single parents back into work as soon as their youngest children are of school age.
Caps on housing benefit payments.
Stringent tests for those claiming disability allowance.
A one year council tax freeze.
A three year freeze on child benefit payments.
An acceleration of the state pension age or 66.
A reduction in the level of tax credits received by families earning £40,000 per year or more.
Raising the level at which income tax kicks in by £1,000 to £7,475 from April next year.
No increases on duty paid on cigarettes, alcohol and fuel.
Freezing public sector pay for two years for workers earning more than £21,000.
Watch Chief Secretary to The Treasury Danny Alexander commend The Budget...
Pick up today's Grimsby Telegraph to find out how local residents reacted to the news and why:
One local Union representative is calling for the Prime Minister to visit Grimsby;
Business leaders have welcomed the new rulings;
Grimsby MP Austin Mitchell believes the Budget is "lamentable" and Cleethorpes MP Martin Vickers says it is a "necessary evil";
You can shape the way our taxes are spent in North East Lincolnshire.
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by josephine white, Grimsby
Thursday, June 24 2010, 8:48AM
“SS wrote: "Oh how I'm going to enjoy this next five years reminding the Tories and the Lib Dems or the Condems how dishonest they have been with the electorate".
I agree .. the 'Cleggerons' have reneged on so many of their respective election promises it's hard to see what's left!
But such are the natures of politicians. They lie.
And Labour were no better. In fact they did more than simply break a few election promises: Secretly, as a *deliberate* act of policy, and against the wishes of the electorate, they opened up Britain's borders to alien immigration on such a massive scale that it will alter and undermine Britain's political, social and cultural make-up for evermore.
This contemptible act was (and will always remain) tantamount to treason.
And while ever we are shackled to the EU nothing will change. We're now living in a *Post* Democratic society where such things as 'accountability' and truly representative elections are things of the past.
So isn't it time childish 'Left/Right' squabbles on forums like this stopped and people accepted that it's no longer about 'Labour' and 'Conservative'?
It's about US and THEM... and how we can establish proper representative democracy in Britain.”
by steve, Grimsby
Wednesday, June 23 2010, 10:56PM
“Mitchell describes the budget as lamentable. How does he describe the 13 years of waste and squander by that bunch of clowns he belongs to.
He will condemn the budget because it will hit the scroungers and lazy druggies who vote for him.
What about the cost of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflict. 305 unnecessary deaths of brave british boys sent to their deaths by the liar Blair.
Labour have ruined what was becoming a great country, just as they did in the 60's and 70's as the puppets of the trade unions.
No more will the likes of Scargill, Red Robbo and their ilk hold this country to ransom.
Clegg and his wimps will soon be history then the job of sorting out all these benefit claimers will get done.”
by Squirm studier, Gy
Wednesday, June 23 2010, 6:32PM
“I've just seen the 2 Cs on BBC TV facing the public and they are beginning to look a bit sickly. It must be dawning on them how much they are going to be hated. Tough at top eh boys and already becoming less easy to look people in the face or directly into the camera. Oh how I'm going to enjoy this next five years reminding the Tories and the Lib Dems or the Condems how dishonest they have been with the electorate.”
by Richard Thompson, Great Grimsby
Wednesday, June 23 2010, 6:01PM
“Graham Parker, Grimsby.
Did you read BBC on line last night Paddy Ash down said he was part of the liberal lot who was discussing joining up with Labour in a coalition but what stopped it was when he ask David Miliband a question his answer was no and then a big pause of silence which they took as them not wanting to join up with them so they approached the tories had miliband said yes after he had thought about it Ash down said we would have had not got the tories in and we wouldn't have had this mess.”
by Tim Murphy, Library EU
Wednesday, June 23 2010, 5:22PM
“Rather than get a job I shall have to emigrate to Bulgaria and join the BNP.”