And if you add to your "directly" the "indirect" costs of the NHS - significantly spent on the retired - and the "indirect" costs of social care, which for adults (predo… (View Post)

Or bite the bullet, wrap NI and IT together, so that everyone from pensioners through landlords, those living off investments and the self-employed, are all taxed at the same, simpler rate. (View Post)

For decades, central government has only liked ‘delegating’ power and responsibility to local government if they’re doing things the government wants, and ideally are being done by their own party co… (View Post)

And all the political parties will be praying that, who will surely turn out to be some random loner nutter, hasn’t had any past connections with them. (View Post)

Right now, legislation making it the default that elected politicians’ addresses are withheld rather than published is being implemented up and down the country, from Parliament down to parish and to… (View Post)