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It's Budget week.

Chancellor John Healey sets out the government’s tax plans in the Commons on Wednesday. MPs then debate them on Thursday and into next week.

Before that, MPs turn to unsafe cladding.

They'll debate a new government bill which would make building owners fix dangerous cladding, and let councils step in if they don’t.

Meanwhile, the Lords pick up the Courts and Tribunals Bill.

It cleared the Commons the week before last.

MONDAY 26 OCTOBER

No votes scheduled

TUESDAY 27 OCTOBER

Developer Contributions (Infrastructure Delivery) Bill
Sets rules on how the financial contributions property developers make towards local infrastructure are spent. Also defines the powers and responsibilities councils have over that money. Ten minute rule motion presented by James Naish. More information not available at this stage.

Building Safety (Remediation of Unsafe Cladding etc) Bill – 2nd reading
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland (part), Northern Ireland (part)
Requires owners of residential blocks with unsafe cladding to assess the fire risks and fix them, with fines and criminal offences for those who fail. Lets councils apply to take over repairs where owners don’t act, creates a register of medium-rise blocks, and gives regulators new powers to find out who owns a building. Also makes it easier for people who have paid for repairs to claim the money back from the manufacturers of the unsafe cladding products.
Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing

WEDNESDAY 28 OCTOBER

The Budget
The chancellor delivers the Budget, followed by debate.

THURSDAY 29 OCTOBER

Budget debate
Continued from Wednesday.

FRIDAY 30 OCTOBER

No votes scheduled

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Saw Daisy Cooper this morning on Laura K. And well done Lib Dems. She could not bring herself to support free movement, instead pushing some fantasy deal where we have all the benefits of the single market but none of the difficult trade offs. Then the triple lock. Oh yes we have to keep it, although every sane voter knows that’s unaffordable. And then finally a Santa budget with lots of goodies for everybody. With no commitment on how to pay for it. No wonder everybody has stopped listening.
Come on Lib Dems! Pick yourself up! Just a lot less of this please.

As a young liberal member, do I get discounted tickets? On the event page, it says a donation can go towards helping young liberal members but how do I access the tickets?

Interesting proposals

• Abolish SDLT
  • Employer NI at a flat 11.5
• Abolish inheritance tax:
• Income tax reform: The personal allowance is abolished, which also removes the 60% taper trap above £100k. The new bands are 6.5% on £0–20k, 20% on £20k–52k, 40% on £52k–110k and 45% above that. Employee NI becomes a flat 4.25%.
• Abolish customs tariffs:
• Abolish eight smaller taxes, including the Bank Levy, Digital Services Tax, ATED, Air Passenger Duty and Vaping Products Duty

We have a rare opposition day this Wednesday and get to set the agenda in Parliament. What topics would you like to see us raise for debate?

Looking back at this pre-conference discussion on top priorities and the subsequent outcomes of conference season (across all the parties) - how did we do?

Most people will agree our deficit and debt levels are too high, and leave us exposed as we are now finding out. How would you deal with it? What taxes are you increasing? What spending are you cutting?

I did my usual delivery round yesterday and some of the doors say no leaflets flyers or junk mail. I sympathise, but there is a by-election in our ward in two weeks that apparently isn’t being done with poll cards, so if you don’t get a leaflet, you wouldn’t realise that there was voting. Not great for democracy.

Do you shove a leaflet through the door anyway or do you think this loses votes through spite?