55% on top of income tax and national insurance. Which is why people find it logical to do the 18 hours then rely on benefits for the rest of their income, instead of bothering to work full time. Mea… (View Post)

You expect wrong then. I support Milton Friedman's solution of merging taxes and benefits together and having a simple tax rate that ensures work always pays so that everyone can keep more of th… (View Post)

There is no difference between 83% entirely self funded or 83% taxpayer funded. The effective tax rate is 83% either way. You can eliminate the issue by eliminating absurd tax rates and having a sane… (View Post)

Those paying 45% have to pay even more because of the fact the people on UC play the system we've created. If we had a saner system that meant people worked full time instead we'd get more … (View Post)

I imagine a lot of people will suddenly find full time work. Our current system is broken. Nobody should ever see HMRC take over 50% of their marginal income, let alone 55% plus another 28% on top. (View Post)