As has been pointed out, it’s a competitive market & the UK has full employment right now. If you (as an employer) don’t spend what it takes to snag an employee, somebody else will. The reason wa… (View Post)

& now they’re all charging £6.5k in real terms and universities are completely reliant on income from foreign students to keep the lights on. This is not a recipe for stability & economic gro… (View Post)

This is like asking “since when does income tax reduce your disposable income”. You cost your employer a pot of money per year & X% of that goes in taxes. Whether some portion of that X% appears … (View Post)

The student loan thing is particularly galling since (as I understand things, I’m sure there was a recent article about this in the Economist or somewhere similar?) it would have been /cheaper/ just … (View Post)

Don’t forget that your employer is paying 13.8% NI on top of your salary for the privilege of employing you. Real income tax rates on employment are punishingly high in this country, especially for t… (View Post)