There have been years where my property went up in value by more than the wage I was being paid. The former attracts no tax, the latter does. Do we want to incentivise people to work, or to indulge i… (View Post)

If I'm not in danger of oversharing... When my mother died, my sister and I received an inheritance. The estate paid inheritance tax, then we each got half of what was left. Fine. It's not … (View Post)

Reform UK supporters already fear asylum seekers. Now you want to give the asylum seekers control of nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers? (View Post)

Badly? They are looking at increasing immigration (from current very low levels). They're keen on robots as a solution to care. Retirement age got increased (to 65). They introduced mandatory lo… (View Post)

2024 figures, top 5 source countries were Pakistan (10,542), Afghanistan (8,508), Iran (8,099), Bangladesh (7,225), and Syria (6,680). Pakistan and Bangladesh do not have conscription, I note. (Also … (View Post)