That can be fixed if you want to invest in reform. My proposal would be to have a simple, set, fixed UBI per adult, with a reduced one fixed per child (maybe capped at 2 children). A single, fixed ta… (View Post)

It would be better by far to take that money and spend it on the taper, so that someone working full time on NLW gets the £20 per week but those who aren't working don't. (View Post)

Yes. Everything is addressed to the chair, so whenever they start a new train of thought they tend to address the chair again. EDIT: Also whenever they want to emphasise a point, which is quite often! (View Post)

"Never"? So if they'd never been used before 2016 then how do you explain 1975 and 2011? Not to forget: 1973 Northern Ireland border poll on leaving the UK and joining the Republic 1979 Sco… (View Post)

I don't expect the UK to ever rejoin the EU. Quite simply we are going to evolve in different directions to the point that we become neighbours and not part of the same state, like Canada and the USA… (View Post)