General Discussion

Priorities of our government:-

Approx forcasted spends

Big ben restoration £61 million

Westminster restoration £4 billion

HS2 £60 billion

Buckingham Palace restoration £369 million

UK debt currently £1,737 trillion

Where does most of this money come from....you.

It's only money.

One thing I have never quite worked out, but some bright spark to this site maybe able to help.

For every pound handed out by the government, how much in taxes find it's way back to the government?

I wonder what would have been different if the bankers had behaved themselves.

The UK, overall, may not have voted for Brexit. That's what may have been different.