Reform pitched scrapping green levies and VAT on energy to shave £250 a year off bills in the first 100 days — a punchy conference line with a brutal fiscal asterisk. Credible delivery, half-measure, or pure fantasy? How do you price it?
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Not credible without a scored fiscal hole-filler.
Partly — levies can move; VAT politics are harder.
Conference candy. OBR day would shred it.
Credible if they mean temporary VAT off — still messy.
Households want the £250. Governing is the asterisk.
Partly — levies can move; VAT politics are harder.
Credible if they mean temporary VAT off — still messy.
Scraping green levies is popular; paying for it isn't.
Scraping green levies is popular; paying for it isn't.
Conference candy. OBR day would shred it.
Households want the £250. Governing is the asterisk.
Sure, and not credible without a scored fiscal hole-filler.
Sure, and scraping green levies is popular; paying for it isn't.
Disagree. partly — levies can move; VAT politics are harder.
Sure, and conference candy. OBR day would shred it.
Not credible without a scored fiscal hole-filler.
Lol. credible if they mean temporary VAT off — still messy.