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Quote from: Sprotyrover on June 08, 2024, 11:51:37 amI was hoping to hear some news of possible tax cuts from Labour, did I miss them?No because we don’t need tax cuts. We need the taxes that we do pay to be used more wisely for the benefit of everyone in the country and not just the wealthy.
I was hoping to hear some news of possible tax cuts from Labour, did I miss them?
Quote from: Herbert Anchovy on June 08, 2024, 11:57:48 amQuote from: Sprotyrover on June 08, 2024, 11:51:37 amI was hoping to hear some news of possible tax cuts from Labour, did I miss them?No because we don’t need tax cuts. We need the taxes that we do pay to be used more wisely for the benefit of everyone in the country and not just the wealthy. Well it was mentioned by Rayner that we are all paying more by stealth as the tax allowance remains the same and a large proportion of folks are now in the top tax bracket because of that,due to pay rises, if we followed the example of the SNP even more voters would suffer as the 40% would become 45%.
This general election is affectively replacing someone really bad with a bunch that are a little bit less bad.
Many have been dragged into taxation by the freeze on the tax threshold, canceling any pay increase they may have got...
Sydney, you'll have seen me make this point loads of times. The worst bracket has been those over 50k with kids and student loans, they lose 40% tax, child benefit and a student loan charge, depending on the number of kids that can be quite excessive albeit the new rules have reduced it slightly. When you add in rises to council tax, inflation on general bills and interest rates that's quite nasty and people are worse off.Of course in the north that's not too bad of an issue, cost of living here is way worse, but in London, the South etc a 50k salary doesn't go far, especially if only one earner in a house.
Quote from: big fat yorkshire pudding on June 08, 2024, 02:39:58 pmSydney, you'll have seen me make this point loads of times. The worst bracket has been those over 50k with kids and student loans, they lose 40% tax, child benefit and a student loan charge, depending on the number of kids that can be quite excessive albeit the new rules have reduced it slightly. When you add in rises to council tax, inflation on general bills and interest rates that's quite nasty and people are worse off.Of course in the north that's not too bad of an issue, cost of living here is way worse, but in London, the South etc a 50k salary doesn't go far, especially if only one earner in a house.Pud, I think you misread Superspy's tag as mine
Richy has cancelled all media appointments today.Hoping things will calm down or pondering resigning?Interesting times.
Where have the senior Tory ministers vanished to?
So do rich and privileged people not understand our culture? There's a very very small number of politicians from working class backgrounds who started with nothing. Very few at all.