‘It’s actions, not words’: are our taxes being spent properly?

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The UK Government have hinted there may be some tax rises in the near future, so we’re asking people if they spent it wisely, would we mind paying a bit more?

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00:00People will say, if you follow through, we'll support that.

00:05But I think people, you know, once bit and twice shy, people have said that before.

00:09You should see it on your bill. And, you know, people didn't feel it.

00:12People have got to feel it. And that's the whole point of it.

00:15I mean, you can say it, but people have got to be walking down a suite and say,

00:18that health service feels better. You know, the roads, the potholes have been filled in.

00:22And that's really what it's all about. It's actions, not words.

00:25You know, it's difficult. I think if people knew where the money was going, like you say,

00:29NHS, people were like learning difficulties to house them and stuff.

00:33You know, if you could see where it was going, yeah, greatly, you'd pay it straight away, isn't it?

00:38I feel like a lot of the time there'll be things behind the counter that you have to pay for,

00:41like public service, people who don't sit, like, working on roads,

00:44but sit behind call centres and whatever. I feel like a lot of the time you won't see all of it.

00:49I think if you did walk down the street and see the pothole that it has been untouched for 10 years

00:54and causing problems and getting that fixed, that'd be something that community-wide you'd feel.

00:58I think if you're a community-wide you'd feel...

01:00I think if you're a community-wide you'd feel...

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