This is something I've been banging the drum on for donkeys years. We actively penalise with a draconianly high real tax rate anyone who works over 16 (or whatever it is now) hours a week. 55% t… (View Post)

Indeed, so the 55% is applied after 20 and 8 [and potentially 9] is also being taken, when it comes to working extra hours. It is a draconianly high real tax rate and means may will think, quite rati… (View Post)

Tax and NIC kicks in at £242 per week, at £12.21 per hour that works out at less than 20 hours per week. If you're working 20 hours a week across 3 days, then get offered a 4th day but you'… (View Post)

1/3 is rational. Rational is defined as a / b where a and b are integers. Since 1 is an integer and 3 is an integer, then 1 / 3 is rational. 1 / 3 is not an integer though, but it is rational. There … (View Post)

It can result in cheap food/hair/whatever service, but then if it does then that just means that any business actually paying the minimum wage, and NI, and all that jazz, is unable to compete. The bl… (View Post)