National insurance cut

I’ve never minded about paying tax. As long as it’s invested wisely into public services and the country I’m all for it.

Sadly, getting to see a doctor, hospital appointments, state of the roads etc I’m just unsure where the money goes.

Oh yes, wars that are not ours and housing migrants.

Personal allowance does need rising. Seen some comments of £20k before tax applies on articles.

Simply put, all I want is a decent quality of life which we all pay towards in our taxes.
 
Vita said:
I’ve never minded about paying tax. As long as it’s invested wisely into public services and the country I’m all for it.

Sadly, getting to see a doctor, hospital appointments, state of the roads etc I’m just unsure where the money goes.

Oh yes, wars that are not ours and housing migrants.

Personal allowance does need rising. Seen some comments of £20k before tax applies on articles.

Simply put, all I want is a decent quality of life which we all pay towards in our taxes.
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The government has to have that sort of expenditure earmarked and that would include a Labour government
 
Vita said:
I’ve never minded about paying tax. As long as it’s invested wisely into public services and the country I’m all for it.

Sadly, getting to see a doctor, hospital appointments, state of the roads etc I’m just unsure where the money goes.

Oh yes, wars that are not ours and housing migrants.

Personal allowance does need rising. Seen some comments of £20k before tax applies on articles.

Simply put, all I want is a decent quality of life which we all pay towards in our taxes.
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Aside from Switzerland we have the lowest taxes on average earners in Europe. I’m not convinced raising the allowance is going to help.
 
aspiring said:
I don't think its £1508 a year
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aspiring said:
You have made my day!!! I honestly though it was £754 in total from last time too
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aspiring said:
Not really as more funding for public services does not equal better servive. Rather have the £££
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Seriously, you need to tell me what job you have managed to get whereby it earns £100K+ and you dont seem to need any common sense nor intelligence... Spill :cry:
 
If this cut does go through that will add in total About 2100 to our household.

Half of it is free money. Other half will have to go into joint account for inflation spending as that account is tapping 0 too often.


This is quite a lot of money to give away nationally when country is in dire need of it.
 
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kissenger said:
Pension age should go up. We've got too many pensioners.
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tonys said:
It already has
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And it will soon be increasing to 67 making it the joint highest in Europe. A further increase to 68 is also scheduled, but there is talk of pushing it to 69 and beyond.

Someone starting work straight from school is already looking at working for 50 years before receiving a UK state pension. Assuming that their health and employment opportunities hold out.

Rather than continually pushing up the state retirement age or introducing means testing (which would be massively counterproductive) the better solution seems to be clawing more money back through taxation (the opposite of what the government is actually expected to announce tomorrow). Or using some of that sovereign wealth fund that we wisely set up with part of the profits from north sea oil... :D
 
Mr Badger said:
And it will soon be increasing to 67 making it the joint highest in Europe. A further increase to 68 is also scheduled, but there is talk of pushing it to 69 and beyond.

Someone starting work straight from school is already looking at working for 50 years before receiving a UK state pension. Assuming that their health and employment opportunities hold out.

Rather than continually pushing up the state retirement age or introducing means testing (which would be massively counterproductive) the better solution seems to be clawing more money back through taxation (the opposite of what the government is actually expected to announce tomorrow). Or using some of that sovereign wealth fund that we wisely set up with part of the profits from north sea oil... :D
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Very true but what a lot of people (now is that everyone or anyone, I'm not sure) forget is older people in work restrict the number of jobs for younger people. If youngsters stayed in education longer the numbers would just about balance. Not scientific I know and I haven't researched it or got a 10 page analysis from goggle., just an impression and opinion
 
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dlockers said:
Presumably it'd be a start to means test the state pension?
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Introducing means testing would itself mean extra costs and bureaucracy. But more relevant is that the UK state pension isn't enough for a typical person to live on and for years the government has tried to get people to put more money into private pensions. Those without personal post retirement income tend to need to claim additional state benefits. Legislation mandates employers to provide pension schemes and for employees to join them. What do you think would happen to all that if the government starts means testing the state pension and taking it away from people who save towards their retirement?
 
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You can’t base policy on how long you think people should have to work. If you have a demographic problem and end up with a **** ton of old people, it’s a question of what you can afford.

If taxes are at record highs and public services are crap, where’s the money going? Obviously it’s pensions, health case, social care.
 
kissenger said:
You can’t base policy on how long you think people should have to work. If you have a demographic problem and end up with a **** ton of old people, it’s a question of what you can afford.

If taxes are at record highs and public services are crap, where’s the money going? Obviously it’s pensions, health case, social care.
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People will simply die earlier without taxing wealth.
There's not enough money for nhs, a state pension etc without doing it.

This tough choice is racing towards us. Commit to the USA system:
Rich = great
Poor = die

Or go big state:
Tax wealth.
 
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