Go on, under what circumstance should NI be raised, given that there'll always be to option to raise income tax to achieve broadly the same effect in a fairer way? If Sunak has any sense, he (or his … (View Post)

Which is why we should just permit it, and leave it to the market to see if it actually happens, and it probably won't. Preventing people from wasting their investors cash figuring out if it works in… (View Post)

Trouble is that the effect of HB is ultimately just to inflate the price of housing - it's actually a taxpayer subsidy to landlords, not tenants. The problem (as with so many things) isn't really wit… (View Post)

If you want all the best bits of a Deltic, in a form that has now been holding bits of the rail network together for over 60 years, rather than the 20 the Deltics managed, surely you go for a pair of… (View Post)

That's a dumb way to do it. Spending the same money on expanding the £400 handout would make much more sense as the market price signal would be much better preserved, and thus people would be much m… (View Post)