Quote Originally Posted by eric_sinclair View Post
I would expect them to look at all options available even on a temporary basis.
Extend the windfall tax,increase pensions/benefits over the winter months.
Reduce vat on energy?
The windfall tax runs to the end of 2025 and that would be the time to look at extending it IMO. Increasing pensions and benefits is a waste of time, dependency on the state is why most of them are in trouble as it is. Reducing VAT is a possibility but I would like to know where the shortfall in taxes was being siphoned from. Personally I would suspend or scrap free prescriptions and make everyone pay a token £1 that would raise a few bob.