What is dramatically unfair about paying an 18 year old with no work experience, no kids, living with mum and dad and working for beer money £9.50 per hour? Especially when unemployment is by far the… (View Post)

So those working minimum wage can face 20+8+9 +55 + Employer NICs. Or agree to work cash in hand. (View Post)

The UK is a very unequal society. But we are not unequal by top/bottom percentages. We are unequal by age. (View Post)

The key point, as always, is the cliff edges. People will take a pay rise and happily (within reason) pay extra tax that is due at their rate of tax they are on. Where people change behaviour is the … (View Post)

By taking the taxes off people who are working, most of whom are getting to work in vehicles averaging about a decade old, in order to subsidise people getting new vehicles every 3 years. That's… (View Post)