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I'll match that with 20 quid for a Labour win!

Asperger1, can you put a symbol in from of the IDs, where the payment is pending, with an explanatory footnote, just by way of a gentle reminder?

Nail on the head Gazzleberry!

"Israel (and for that matter a certain bank) helped South Africa during their apartheid times."

All you are left with is trying to buy the silence of your critics!

Israel now bombing Gaza, Syria and Lebanon.

USA has already sailed its battleships away, knowing that Israel is trying to drag it into a wider war, as Israel has already lost in Gaza.

Israel has become a pariah state...

Richie, thanks for the recommendation.

South Africa’s 84-page filing says Israel’s actions “are genocidal in character because they are intended to bring about the destruction of a substantial part” of the Palestinians in Gaza.

So maybe these IDF soldiers will be called to appear in the Hague to explain their war crimes.

Have a nice day.

Tories....

CGT

The Chancellor has confirmed that the capital gains tax (CGT) annual exempt amount will be reduced from £12,300 to £6,000 from 6 April 2023 and to £3,000 from 6 April 2024.

Dividend tax

At Summer Budget 2015, the government announced that dividend taxation would be reformed from April 2016, abolishing the Dividend Tax Credit, introducing a £5,000 Dividend Allowance and setting the rates of tax for dividend income at: 7.5% for ordinary rate, 32.5% for upper rate, and 38.1% for additional rate. Any unused personal allowance would also be available, on top of the Dividend Allowance, to individuals who receive dividend income.

At Spring Budget 2017, the government announced that the Dividend Allowance would be reduced to £2,000 from April 2018.

At Autumn Budget 2021, the government announced that the rate of Income Tax applicable to dividend income would increase by 1.25 percentage point to 8.75% for the ordinary rate, 33.75% for the upper rate and 39.35% for the additional rate from April 2022.

April 2024 down to 500 pounds

Really l@@king forward to the Labour party getting in power, so we can escape this failed, corrupt, morally bankrupt Tory government!

Out of a total of 736 employees, over 230 were jailed, including a pregnant woman, four committed suicide, 33 died, others were declared bankrupt while many saw their personal lives fall apart as they endured public humiliation.

No heads rolled yet for this, but petition to strip ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells of CBE has passed 350,000.

The European Commission welcomes the unanimous decision by the Council to welcome Romania and Bulgaria into the Schengen area, starting with lifting controls at air and sea borders as of March 2024. Their accession will boost travel, trade and tourism and will further consolidate the internal market. Discussions on a further decision to lift controls at land borders will continue in 2024. An enlarged Schengen area will make the EU stronger as a Union, internally and on the global stage.

Upwards and onwards leaving the UK behind stuck behind in the mud, imitating an ostrich!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rEiHWGBg7I

Well at least the Tories will get a size 9 where the sun don't shine this year.

That will improve the economic outlook dramatically!

On 1 January 1999, 11 EU countries fixed their exchange rates, agreed to follow a single monetary policy entrusted to the European Central Bank, and launched their new common currency on world financial markets.

Today, the euro is one of the most important currencies in the world, the official currency of 20 EU countries, used by about 350 million people every day.

Petanqueplayer, donation made if you could put me down for 62 please

Gateboy, I would be optimistic about the UK economy except that.....

G7 real GDP change compared to pre-pandemic levels (Q3 2023 compared with Q4 2019

US 7.4%

Canada 4.2

Italy 3.4

Japan 3.0

Eurozone 3.0

France 1.7

UK 1.4

Germany 0.3

Data updated 22/12/23

You see the double whammy of Brexit and the Tories have wrecked this country.

As for the old nag, can the share price go negative?

Sad passing of a great man and visionary!

+ TORIES

Brexit

Covid

Ukraine war

NOT SURE WHAT 'Indyref1' OR 'Cost of living crisis' HAS TO DO WITH LLOYDS PRICE, SO REMOVED!

Very worrying that money growth in the economy is at the lowest, since records began!

What that means is that no one is taking out loans or mortgages.

Transaction levels are now so low that last month, mortgage repayments outweighed the value of new mortgage debt taken out.

Didnt last happen since 2008, and we all know what happened then...

This is the strongest sign that we are going to be in a recession in 2024.

https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics/visual-summaries/money-and-credit-statistics

Won't do much for the lloyds share price....

Best just dump lloyds as it is a clapped out nag and pump your cash into the eurozone.

https://www.reuters.com/markets/rates-bonds/after-wild-year-euro-zone-is-top-pick-world-bond-markets-2023-12-19/

Overall it's been a disappointing year for lloyds. No debate about that.

I am struggling to imagine what is going to improve in 2024.

I guess you've been under a lot of pressure of late stockready.

Try to slow down a bit and watch your blood pressure.

A daily walk is great just to relieve the stress.

Hope you get well soon!

ATB

List of companies that are considering or have decided to pause shipping via the Red Sea:

BP.

CMA CGM. French shipping group CMA CGM said on Saturday that it was pausing all container shipments through the Red Sea.

EVERGREEN. Advertisement. ...

HAPAG-LLOYD. ...

MAERSK. ...

MSC. ...

OOCL.

That's it TFE. That is what I like about you! You are such a smart guy.

I wanted to give you a change to win!

ATB

Unfortunately, we are in rocky waters and I would hate to even hazard a guess where lloyds might end up by the end of the year...