Leeds: Reflections on the budget, almost 3 months on

What are your reflections on the last Autumn Budget, almost 3 months on?

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00:00With a budget it's not a straightforward fix and I understand that and I'm not naïve to the fact that it's not a

00:07right we will make hard decisions but I think you know you're giving out bonuses to every Tom, Dick

00:12and Harry that's useless in Parliament but then you're going to strip away people's winter fuel

00:17you know that's absolutely outrageous. If you think about it from a budget you know this isn't

00:23just a this government this has been an ongoing problem for the last 15-20 years where you know

00:30it got Marcus Rashford you got to have a Premier League footballer step in to tell a Prime Minister

00:35not to take food off kids for free school meals that's mental. I didn't agree with the employers

00:42insurance taxes going up it was obvious that we're just going to be passed down and then

00:46that's inflationary so it's creating a cycle. It's supposed to be the working class man's

00:51you know party for people it doesn't feel like it. I had big hopes for Rachel

00:55Reeves I actually voted for him but I'm becoming a bit disillusioned now.