Building up seems eminently sensible but as you say is not something that is done often enough in British towns and cities. (View Post)

Yep. I think that is reasonable, indeed necessary. Although in effect at that point it is probably simpler just to merge the two into proper 'income' tax. (View Post)

Actually what we have told them officially (as opposed to politicians telling people what they want to hear) is that the NI contributions they make are to pay for today's pensions and that the w… (View Post)

The biggest advance would be merging IC and NI. But no one outside of PB seems to be interested in that suggestion. (View Post)

Briefly I would means test all benefits. There is no reason we should be paying state pension to rich pensioners for a start. All benefits become a safety net rather than a way to improve/supplement … (View Post)