By the time Brown left office as PM in 2010 there was an additional top rate of income tax of 50%, in 1997 the Tories had a top rate of income tax of 40%. Brown also abolished the Married Couple's Ta… (View Post)

The country was in a rather better state in 1997 than 1979 and in terms of unemployment and inflation in 2024 than in 2010 (View Post)

The general trend though is clear, Starmer and Reeves are going to hit the rich and their assets more, private sector professionals and their earnings more and the highest income tax payers more. Thi… (View Post)

He started making comments, sometimes critical of the centre right government's policies on housing and alleged inequality for example. A head of state who is only head of state should be non politic… (View Post)

Yougov got a bigger 65% for monarchy and 23% for a republic in August. Yougov also had 58% of those aged 25-49 for keeping the monarchy and only 42% of 18-24 year olds for a republic. https://yougov.… (View Post)