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  • pjclarke
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    UK house prices 'will rise 25% in next five years' | Money | The Guardian

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  • BrilloPad
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    Originally posted by eek View Post
    Rumour has it the budget will be looking at the housing benefit part of working tax credits....
    Presumably it will only those who let to poor people?

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  • MicrosoftBob
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    Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
    Let me reiterate. I live in the South, where everyone is rich and in work (decent jobs) and so don't rent to people on Housing Benefits or those low earners who need working tax credits. Just because the North, Cornwall and Wales is tulip.
    FTFY

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  • MarillionFan
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    Originally posted by eek View Post
    Read what I wrote again. Especially the second half of the statement Working Tax Credit...

    And remember that the biggest part of housing benefit is not those who are unemployed, disabled or retired but people who are working but don't earn that much...
    Let me reiterate. I live in the South, where everyone is rich and in work (decent jobs) and so don't rent to people on Housing Benefits or those low earners who need working tax credits. Just because the North is tulip.

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  • Gumbo Robot
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    Originally posted by eek View Post
    Rumour has it the budget will be looking at the housing benefit part of working tax credits....
    What are the implications of this then?

    I don't even know what working tax credits are... Isn't this how the tax payer subsidises global corporations so they can pitch up here and pay their staff f all?

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  • eek
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    Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
    I only rent to people in work as I live in the South and everyone works and doesn't claim benefits. I assume this impacts the workshy scrounging North though.
    Read what I wrote again. Especially the second half of the statement Working Tax Credit...

    And remember that the biggest part of housing benefit is not those who are unemployed, disabled or retired but people who are working but don't earn that much...
    Last edited by eek; 11 June 2015, 08:19.

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  • MarillionFan
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    Originally posted by eek View Post
    Rumour has it the budget will be looking at the housing benefit part of working tax credits....
    I only rent to people in work as I live in the South and everyone works and doesn't claim benefits. I assume this impacts the workshy scrounging North though.

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  • MicrosoftBob
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    No I went for BSO this morning, Bacon Sauasage and Onion

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  • eek
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