I stand corrected. But it must add a layer of unnecessary admin cost. I should know better too 😳🤦

Exactly and the winners are the student loan company who cream off a vast profit whilst HMRC do most of the work. Being honest about it being a tax would remove the profiteering and reduce costs.

.gov is generally a trusted site. I can see many benefits especially having to find letters with addresses on to hire a van- if digital ID streamlined everyday things like that it would soon catch on. The NHS app is brilliant I agree and presumably would be rolled in.

And if it was called a tax we wouldn't have the student loan company creaming off profits for allowing HMRC to collect their profits for them. It would be cheaper to administrate and transparent.

Another posh twat who thinks all Northerners are reform voters. Along with the Blue labour posh twats like Glasman.

Maybe it should be renamed a dense Kemi map?

And he stole the original plot from Ursula le Guin's the word for world is forest but never admitted it- probably because her version is superior

Says part of the press that champions deregulation, small state and pushes the tired concept of too much "elf and safety"

My bad, acknowledged later. Misinterpreted. However, marginal rates initially so high it puts people off promotions. Why take on more responsibility for marginal gains which isn't good economically.

Sorry my bad. The marginal tax rate becomes so high after 100k that until you get well beyond about 125k for it to be worth taking on the extra time/responsibility since the gains are so low.

That may be so, but there is a bizarre effect where if you get a raise of a pound from £99,999 then you lose thousands in take home pay due to taxation making it less worth while for example to go for promotions. @danneidle.bsky.social has written about this and it's economic impact.

On a serious note whilst I agree tax could be fairer. On the specifics of a wealth tax how do you counter this argument from a more left leaving voice. taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/07/22/u...

But they keep telling us the flags are really about love!!!