Are Potential Changes by The Government to Capital Gains Related Tax Going To Hit Self-Builders Harder Than Others?

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I think this country would likely have far fewer claimants long term if we actually treated people with respect and helped them back into work. Would cost a lot more at first though and there would always be a small percentage taking advantage so can't see it happening.

Edited yesterday at 17:16 by -rick-

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9 minutes ago, Crofter said:

Every six months the DWP pay for her to go to Inverness where she meets an assessor who has been flown there and put up in a hotel, just so that he can say yes, you're still paralysed down one side. 

 

The assesor is probably a contractor working for a private company that charges a nice big administration fee on top of the raw costs.

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19 minutes ago, -rick- said:

 

The assesor is probably a contractor working for a private company that charges a nice big administration fee on top of the raw costs.

I'd expect so.

Same as the asylum housing costs- a lot of that is companies like Serco taking on tired old hotels and then charging out rooms to the government at ludicrous rates.

 

We get angry about the wrong things in this country.