Budget 2025 – when will politicians confront us with the actual cost of jam today?

 

Leaking proposals to test their backbenchers, plus an almighty cock-up by the OBR with less than an hour to go, this Budget was an embarrassing shambles from the outset.

There is one clear, undisputed heavyweight champion 🥊 of tax rises. Let me explain which tax gathers so much cash for the government and why you should be concerned in this month’s video.

The Triple Lock and the unsustainable generosity of public sector pensions get notable mentions, but the main culprit right now isn’t either of them; those battles need to be fought on another day by a government courageous enough to do so. If they don’t, our children’s and grandchildren’s futures are possibly being mortgaged into oblivion. Fingers crossed 🤞 for the economic growth that will rescue us all.