A tuition fee increase would have been brilliant cover for binning the triple lock. (View Post)

I presumed it was because it's seen as a rank, like we continue to call some senior military officers "Major" even in retirement. (View Post)

The funny thing about NICs, the mythical pension pot and the State Pension is that today's pensioners paid historically low rates of employee NICs. For example, in the 70s it was between 5% and … (View Post)

The equivalent Universal Credit allowance for someone with no kids and no housing costs is £4,720 per annum. You don't get it at all if you have savings over £16,000, and anything over £6,000 is… (View Post)

I think the private:public sector thing is a red herring. I appreciate that's kinda your thing, but the real issue that this is a tax on "working people" whether they are sorting the b… (View Post)