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Re:Ministers pledge to end 'poor doors' in new build housing by madaxe_again on Saturday July 20, 2019 @06:27AM (#20485010)
And how is somebody earning £60 a day going to pay for a £23/day commute, and housing on top of that, smartypants? Oh, right, taxpayer money.

It’s almost like they’ve modelled this out before making it policy.

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Re:Ministers pledge to end 'poor doors' in new build housing by ryanlol on Saturday July 20, 2019 @06:38AM (#20485052)
What exactly is wrong about using taxpayer money to subsidize those commutes?

I think we should certainly impose heavier taxes on the luxury developments and the rich living in them.

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Re:Ministers pledge to end 'poor doors' in new build housing by xorcist on Sunday July 21, 2019 @05:40AM (#20490618)
No taxpayer money is being spent. That's the whole point of this system, to avoid spending on housing benefits by utilizing price caps.
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Re:Ministers pledge to end 'poor doors' in new build housing by ryanlol on Sunday July 21, 2019 @09:20AM (#20491197)
Are the developers not taxpayers?

No spending is avoided here, it’s merely obscured a little.

Taxing the developers for straight cash would at least give the government more control on how it is spend.

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