Does seem odd. I liked the 'raise IT cut NI' idea. If they've dropped it I hope it's for something driven by similar principles - ie minimise hit to growth, paid by those who can afford it, straightf… (View Post)

I'm thinking about what they might do instead. There's that technical wheeze whereby the BoE/Treasury stop paying multi billions per annum to commercial banks under the QE/QT arrangements. Maybe that… (View Post)

Just a modest one, yes. A little room off the kitchen with various long-term edibles. (View Post)

Well that's a bad start to the day. The 50 year taboo on increasing the basic rate of income tax is IMO perverse and damaging. When I heard it was finally going to be broken I was cock-a-hoop. I even… (View Post)

Now you're talking. If the goal is apoplexy at the TeleMail - and there are worse goals let's face it - that's the way to go. After all these years, fully a decade after we missed the chance, we can … (View Post)