Income tax cliffs are real and definitely change behaviour, particularly when you factor in benefits. But I don't agree it's the same for pension relief, there isn't the same cliff edg… (View Post)

Doubt it would be a major factor honestly. Anyone earning over £50k is a higher rate taxpayer. Most of those are not so wealthy that they could easily afford a 20 or 40% drop in income. Doing so beca… (View Post)

Doubt they will do this. Will burn lots of political capital, will inevitably increase taxes for some groups, and althoygh logical, isn't a top priority. I think they need to find a way of raisi… (View Post)

If doctors and nurses went private they'd all earn a lot more and we would have to pay for it. We have massive staffing shortages already in NHS, ludicrous to think we could cut the workforce fu… (View Post)

Paul Johnson pretty clear that the asylum money was not known: https://x.com/PJTheEconomist/status/1817939986412433798?t=wZB8H7S_YKGpvy9e0E4omA&s=19 (View Post)