2023: the 50th centile is £28400; the 45th is £26500 - https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/percentile-points-from-1-to-99-for-total-income-before-and-after-tax (only for tax payers, other measur… (View Post)

What would be interesting (and probably political suicide) would be to have essentially an OAP budget per person and then acturial approach to dishing it out. So you can take it as soon as you like (… (View Post)

'Relative' is, I think you'll find, an important part of the term 'relative poverty'. (View Post)

Indeed - were you a SPAD in the late-Blair era governments by any chance? :wink: (View Post)

Thanks for the * - I read as scaffold workers (they would also be earlier retirees). Less a job thing to some extent though - changing job due to changing physique is a thing, e.g. footballers. Altho… (View Post)