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11p on fags, 4p on a pint and 15p on a bottle of wine.

No need to panic though, child benefit is going up to offset the cost :D

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lol!


Had to go into work this morning and put prices up

Our "regulars" will have even less money for food now:rolleyes:

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Ooh! Goody, i can't wait till i'm at work at the pub this weekend then when our prices have gone up!!:rolleyes:

Also last year I found a Budget Calculator that once you'd filled in told you if you were going to be better off. I can't seem to find one yet this year, anyone know of one?

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Its ok i've found one now here:

BBC NEWS | Special Reports | 629 | 629 | Budget calculator 2008

I should be about £276.40 better off next year. That'll do nicely. :)

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I thought the increases took place at midnight on Sunday.

Does that mean your off-licence has decided to con its customers buy increasing the price today?

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Looks good to me too Lolly, according to their calculations I'll be just under a grand better off ! :D ( not holding my breath on this one !)

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No, we also have to have budget sales signs up
These come in with our normal POS
These are then displayed where the price changes are
So the customer understands that the prices changed are due to The Budget

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So when does the price go up, now or after midnight on Sunday?

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The prices are due to go up on Sunday

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Although our tobacco and fags have to go up at 6pm tonight

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The 4p and the 11p increases respectively are made when the booze and fags leave the brewery/bonded warehouse after the time specification; in the case of booze you should see the first price rises by the weekend; it may take several weeks for the fags increase to work it's way through the system. Your local corner shop may well take early advantage,however.

Don't forget, though, that the increase is on duty and VAT applies on this duty - so your actual increase will probably be 5p and 13p.

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I dont drink..(hardly:rolleyes:)...dont smoke so this dont effect me:D

child benefit up to £20! I see no mention of the second child:rolleyes:

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think its great news.................................. for smugglers.:rolleyes:

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I reuse plastic carriers for my refuse.
I have one of these bins.
It looks as though I am going to start paying for bags.:(

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ya been on the bottle? think yer in wrong thread.:D

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They were mentioned in the budget - if supermarkets dont restrict their use - Darling will

There is more to this budget than booze and fags

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Think about it, years ago we used to pay for carrier bags, 1p at kwik save or 5p for stronger ones......think about it we still do pay for carrier bags, they just put the price on the food:rolleyes:

as kwik save used to say..."theres no such thing as a free carrier bag!!"....:D

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I just done the test and it says that im £NaN better off well i dont know what that means but it dont sound good

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The changes to PAYE tax bandings were announced previously will mean quite a lot of people will be paying more.

All earnings above the tax allowance will be taxed at 20%, whereas before there was an interim band at 10%.

This will not affect me because the over 65s tax allowances have been increased to compensate for it.

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Yes there is but I was being naughty, we've been told that Accrington is full of chavs so I was posting to the masses :D

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Dingleland is always behind in social trends (good and bad)
There will be Chav dingles ....... in time :rolleyes:

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true but thread is booze @fags, and as i do not wander..........:D;)

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You'd be so suprised just how many people reuse their carrier bags at Tesco. Its a question us on the checkout now have to ask: "Are you reusing any of your bags?" Then: "Do you want help with your packing?"
Unless thats just people wanting extra clubcard points, because your get extra if you reuse bags and 3 extra points if you reuse a Bag for Life.

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yeh n yer bags for life last a couple of months max, trade descriptions i reckon lolly:D which tesco ya at? so i know when/if to duck when i come.:D

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Am at Rawtenstall Store. The one that used to be Asda (see Tesco do recycle :p)

You can bring your old Bags For Life in and we will replace them free of charge and then we recycle the old ones.

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Thats a great scheme, and will save a fortune on divorce costs :)

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That was very carefully worded Dave, nice one, in my time the old bags cost me a fortune and you couldn't recycle them either:rolleyes:

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Living dangerously there dave!!!!

Me it wont bother me that much seeing as i take a bag shopping with me anyway and only use a carrier if i fill the bag. Mind you i have to tell the assistant everytime i go to asda or tesco or iceland etc that i dont need a carrier bag ive got a bag even though its on my shoulder.

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Just had a work out the b*&@>^d is taking an extra £100 of me, Move over Darling:mad::end::signbeer:

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I wouldnt trust that calculator what so ever I bet its tell every one they will be better off.:D:rolleyes:

Prices up again, rip off britain.:mad:

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Should provide a much needed boost to the Black Market

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Benidorm here i come...LOL:D:D

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Shouldn`t someone design a bag for blokes. All the ones I`ve seen look a bit, well, girly.;)

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For heaven sake Uncle Mick don't give um ideas, they'll have us shopping next instead of watching the footy:rolleyes::D

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Some of us have to shop for ourselves y`know:D

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new car tax rates for 2009 and 2010 indicate that 'BIG' cars will have to pay £950 tax for the first year!!:eek: and then £455 therafter!
is this table only for NEW cars??

trying to figure out how much our car tax will be !
BBC NEWS | Special Reports | 629 | 629 | New car tax rates for 2009

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Mines easy as long as i travel after 9.30am it wont cost me anything!!! :D:D:D

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... and free before 9.30 on Saturday and Sunday - just avoid rush hour weekdays

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and from APRIL 1st ya can go anywhere in the country:D


For free!!!!!!

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Yo Tambien:theband:

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You don't even know there are any hours in the day before 9.30am so no chance of setting off before then :tongueout

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According to that calculator thingie im gonna be £500 + better off - Woohoo!!

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Imagine the travesty of having to PAY for carrier bags, what is the world coming to? :rolleyes:

You have to pay a penny a big in the Spar on campus here, and a lot of people seem to use the material bags you can buy. I always forget mine when I go shopping though and have to buy another one :p

I don't understand alcohol increases and stuff like that, but those teeny increases aren't going to kill me so I think i'll be fine. And I don't smoke.

I slept through the budget :D best sleep i've had in ages

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The bag for life I got from the Asda was pink-Never used it:p

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I always recycle my carrier bags. I pop them in my bag when I go shopping and then use them for the rubbish when they have had there use for shopping.

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Ya still got it?
Can I have it?:D lol

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I'm a bit like Peter kay's mum when it comes to shopping bags........Hundreds under the sink..... carrier bags, in a carrier bag :D

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Me too..... :p

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Have you got one of those really big carriers with good, strong handles to hold all the other carriers? :D

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OH yes I have lmfao!!!

I think its a mum thing....... keeping them for that big plastic bag disaster we are gonna have :D:D:D

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Gave it away along with the matching Poodle:dogrun:

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sexist that cashy does it as well.:D

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LMAO, I didn't know men had this little obsession too!! I go mental when ginger even SUGGEST we chuck my 1,000 carrier bags away :eek:

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Do you save certain ones for best? :D

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see ya just never know, a contradiction to many things is cashy.:D

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definately would only put a Marks n Sparks or the like over me head.:D

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Yes!!! My bags with draw string handles are for Kids swimming lessons :D

The scruffy ones are used for the bathroom bin and potato peelings :D

and others are just for everyday things I find use for.......:D

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LOL same here. :D

If anybody brings any Ethel Austin or farmfoods bags in I don't save them. I must be a carrier bag snob. :D

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see ya make work......... just make potatoe wedges,saves peeling the bloody things.;):D

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My carrier bags live in the veg rack then use them in the bin upstairs or for gathering rubbish out of the garden. Veg peelings go in my biodegradeable bin bags for the compost bin. Have got a few of those bags for life - mainly the m&s ones. The one i use most though is the radio lancs one seeing as i can chuck it over my shoulder instead of having to carry it leaves the hands free for other things then.

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Yeah, My JJB ones are used for the kids swimming, because of the draw strings.

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[quote Prices up again, rip off britain.:mad:[/quote]

Why O' why do you put up with this crap?

I have moved from the drug infested town which I once called home to a drug infested but controlled town in Spain.

I can buy 1 litre of rum @ 10.95 euros
I can buy 400 gms of roll up tobacco @ 1.85 euros.
I can buy 5 litres of wine from a local bodega @ 5 euros.
I am safe and secure in my little habitat @ 100 GBP a week. (2 beds + Trimmings)
I can get English speaking programs Sky and BBC on my TV.
The petrol here is 1.15 euros a litre.
Broadband is no problem.
Weather............Great.
I get my pittance of a pension from the UK which I have got to be greatful for (laugh:tongueout)
If I had not a pot to p**s in I would be at hells door.
You can complain about councils and you can pontificate about who should be in power...............can you make a few bob.............difficult.
Go for it................Lets see what you think

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know exactly were ya coming from Royboy,;) i shall return meself in due coarse, will take me another couple of yrs due to circs, but i SHALL return,simple as. good luck n enjoy life.;):)

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Watching back over the clips from earlier, I have to say that I find David Cameron soooo very sexy. Why oh why do people vote for Labour? Nobody actually seems satisfied by them. :(

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This is the best(or worst) Tory government we have had for years.

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Are you having a laugh? We're under Labour at the moment....

This reminds me of when I had just met my seminar group at uni for the first time and I was overwhelmed by all the intelligent people walking around and then one said she thought the tories and the conservative party where two different things...

Madness

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Some times blazey I have to think when reading some of your posts, that there's a light on but no ones at home:confused: you must live a very sheltered life, Labour grass routs have said for many years that THIER GOVERNMENT IS MORE TORY THAN THAN THE TORIES!!!!! I don't agree mind you, but who am I to rain on their parade, I did actully vote for the real Tories, and have never felt the need to sell my principles down the road on the altar of electibility

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now i DO know you have completely LOST it!!Attachment 11104

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If this thread is solely on booze fags and placky bags I'm sure the mods will move this post, but on the budget, I am surprised that no one has made mentioned of the people claiming long term incapacity benefit. We all know tha there are people claiming this benefit that are swinging it, to say the least. But when a blanket statement is made lumping everybody together, it makes me less than pleased. The fact is, that the people doing these assessments usually don't have any medical knowledge. There are people who are unable to work because of very severe health problems, I know I'm one, and I know not the only one on here either. Over the years I have been to more than my fair share of medical assessments and failed with flying colours, in fact many years ago, I was refered to a DHSS doctor and his words were very chiling to me, he said "Why do they keep sending you to see people like me, they are wasting your time, my time, and their money, your complaint is never going to get better it is only going to get worse, much worse" I was 35 at the time, and whats more he was right. So how this government think I, and people like me, can make a remarkable recovery, is beyond me entirely, but if I have to attend for an assessment I will, the only thing is they will have to provide an escort to carry the oxygen machine which I am now pluged into 16 hours a day, or I'm afraid the games a bogey:confused:

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You are not comparing the whole thing though are you.

You need to look at wages, health and benefits etc to see a fuller picture

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couldn't agree more, will probably use tiredness as an excuse, but we know.;):rolleyes:

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well the health service over there is FAR superior to ours, which amazed me when i lived there, but having first hand experience of it,i can say that with certainty.;)

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How do you pay for it though?
What about wages and work terms and conditions?

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well i payed for it by paying "Social Security" spanish version monthly, seemed a bit pricey at first until i understood it, i paid from me earnings the same monthly figure, but what i never knew was it covered my whole family, which if kids were living over with was worked out at "Peanuts" really ya gotta live in these places to get a true picture how things work, cos as we all know the media sensationalise everything n give a false impression.:);)works terms n conditions again if you work under "Contract" out yon, most brits do not,cos they dont register, you are covered for wrongful dismissal better than here, friends wife has just gone through it, takes a bit longer than here, but the onus is more on the Boss to explain, here the onus is on the dismissed.

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400grams for 1.85? I doubt it. even 40g must be poor quality stuff, I know teh price is moderated in Spain and in Madrid last week it was ~4 euros for 50g of golden V


Your welcome to it at that price, there is more to life than quantity you know. How much is turps, you might as well be drinking that!

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Ahh, you can tell your only a pup. I just about remember what Labour used to be like and let me tell you its nowt like this lot.

As others said, more tory than teh tories

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You'll find that is also quite common in most mental health wards.

Madness.

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yeh ian but 4 euros is only around £3, its a tenner here, and wine you can pay 3 euros max for is around £5/6 in our supermarkets.:rolleyes:

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No argument cashy but he is quoting far below th eprices I said. 1.85 euros is what £1.50 for 40g? as for wine, 60p/litre is cheaper than teh vinegar for his chips.

I agree that its crazy the prices over here but they aren't what he claimed.

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There was a time when i thought Labour and Tories were two different parties.:tongueout

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they were,but yer wide awake mate.:D

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So in other words Labour go crap so you find a way of tying the conservatives into the equation.

There is only so much you can do to help some people, so even though I don't support them I think Labour deserve a break. So just stop voting for them. Pure and simple.

Nobody can deny that David Cameron was tremendous for his part. I loved his quip at the minister for children too :p Got to love him.

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A conservative by definition conserves, you can call them what you want Labour Tory Liberal There is no differance.They all conserve and they all conserve for themselves,we are but pawns in a game.Yes I know It's sad but never the less It's true.

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a tory MP once told me that but Cyfr said i was a liar.:(

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Don't know Cyfr but he sounds like a Celt:D

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I have got to pick up on that one:
Domingo tobaco is what I buy here for (are you taking note?)
1.85 Euros for 40g....my keyboard went mad at the 400 claim.
GV is 4.30 Euros for 50g.....wine of the superior variety (Rioja) is between 2.05 Euros and 4.95 for Reserva.....You can buy wine in the local bodagas at 95C a litre......drinkable but strong.
I pay 10.95 Euros for a litre of Captain Morgan Rum.
I pay 4.95 Euros for 4 X 2 Litres of diet coke.
Petrol is 1.14 Euros a litre.
The conversion rate for the euro against the pound is 1.26 and falling.
The temperature here today was 23 degrees.....bit chiily in the slight wind but!!!!!
Go for it Entwisi - Plain English please :D

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I may be wrong but I think the price of petrol includes the road tax.Rum sounds pricey.

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This is not what the Conservatives are about. I've met a lot of parliamentary candidates, and they don't take this view, the vast majority are there to help people less fortunate than themselves.

I'm certainly not in Politics to conserve for myself, I am getting involved because everyone should have the chances in life I have had so far, I am there because pragmatic common sense approaches to policy are a good way to make policy, not looking at a book of ideology. I am there because I believe we have the right to liberty, this should be respected by the state, for it exists because of us and not the other way around.

It annoys me when the Conservatives get mis-represented in this way. If they were the party of aristocrats 200 years ago then so what? because today is today, Conservative is only a party name, what matters is what the candidates believe, whether the policies are good and whether they can make a real difference to the lives of the electorate.

I honestly think the people I have spoken to are good people, I honestly believe they mean what they say, they're genuine and really do care about fixing the way certain segments of society are heading.

- Andrew

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and i will show my arse to the town hall clock,the day that happens, sincerly hope it will,i remember once having dreams. if you or anyone can acheive that in politics, then i will take me hat off to you,and whats more i will even VOTE FOR YA.

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I'll hold you to that ;)

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Sorry you are wrong........Rum at 10.90 a litre is 8.61 GBP
1.14 a litre is 90p and this does not include road tax?

I am using a Spanish Keyboard so cannot display the pound sign..........but I will live with it !!! :)

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Great comment, that is what I have missed;)