Another Lambeth Labour councillor back motorists…
Another Lambeth Labour councillor standing for Parliament is also backing motorists.
In the wake of our post on Friday about how Streatham Wells ward Cllr Marianna Masters (and Labour’s Parliamentary candidate for St Neots and Mid-Cambridgeshire) was backing motorists, saying: “Rising bills have hit the finances of hard working families across St Neots & Mid Cambridgeshire. ”@UKLabour is the only party on the side of drivers, with our plan to fix up to one million more potholes every year and crack down on soaring car insurance costs” News From Crystal Palace have also found:
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On the doorsteps: A quick ‘fill in the blank spaces’ guide…
Anyone studying the social media posts by wannabe MPs may realise there’s a common theme to them, regardless of whichever political party is posting:
“Great to be out in (insert location) this morning / afternoon / evening.”
The cost of beer duty….
From the TaxPayers Alliance: With the Euros having kicked off on Friday, and both Scotland and England competing, it promises to be a busy start to the summer for pubs across the country. Cheering on your team with a beer in hand is undoubtedly one of our nation’s favourite pastimes.
But with the average price of a pint now hitting £4.75, Brits might find themselves watching their wallets as much as the football. How has one of our favourite tipples become so expensive? Well, after the usual overheads pubs have, tax makes up a big chunk of what you pay.
A new TPA research note shows that £0.60 of the cost is beer duty. With VAT applied on top of that, 29 per cent of the price you pay is going straight to the tax man. 300 million pints are expected to be drunk during the Euros which means that British drinkers will cough up £180 million in beer duty and £237.5 million in VAT during the tournament.
Shockingly, our beer duty is more than any EU nation with the exception of Finland. As someone who’s no stranger to his local, I wasn’t best pleased. Responding to the revelations, I explained: “Excessive rates of beer duty leave a bitter taste in the mouth for those taking part in one of the nation’s great pastimes, particularly when we outstrip most of our European neighbours.”
In the run up to the general election, voters will be inundated with pictures of pints, poorly-poured by candidates and party leaders in a bid to connect with the electorates. Yet few will acknowledge how heavily our beers are taxed. Whoever forms the next government, if they can’t bring themselves to cut the duty, at the very least they should promise not to add to it.
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NEWS FROM CRYSTAL PALACE 