That's nonsense. There isn't a finite amount of high income work which can be done by fungible high earners. Many, if not most high earners are responsible for deciding just how much they e… (View Post)

I don't want to subsidise them out of some big love of higher earners (I am not one) but because my (admittedly untested) belief is that the country will be better off if we can get higher earne… (View Post)

I dropped to a 4 day week when my wife went back to work after our second daughter was 1. Several years later, my third daughter started primary school, and it became reasonable to go back to work. B… (View Post)

Yes, I'd echo that. But there's a lot of nuancing to do. To what extent does the technology which makes our lives easier provide unquantifiable benefits? No longer having to get car tax in … (View Post)

I applauded the childcare for 1- and 2- year olds, but I hadn't realised it didn't apply to high earners. That's pretty stupid. Not only for the reasons Nick points out, but also becau… (View Post)