My preference is for a more universal state pension, based on NI record as now, and somewhat heavier taxation on non-state-pension income. That could be via a specific tax or the normal progressive t… (View Post)

$50k in 2014 reportedly. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/feb/08/boris-johnson-renounces-us-citizenship-record-2016-uk-foreign-secretary Though I'm not sure that his renunciation of USA… (View Post)

Property does not generate income - leaving aside the £7500 a year tax free you can get under the rent-a-room allowance and anything similar, and anything else you rent out, such as further rooms, yo… (View Post)

That sounds similar in type to a couple of cases written about by the late Anna Raccoon, for whom I used to contribute. I won't mention any particulars here, out of respect for the blood pressur… (View Post)

I'd rather not have a Blair. One plus of Starmer is that I don't think his self-image will go to his head. I'd hope for a Government that is not seen to do much in the immediate term f… (View Post)