Particularly in the internet age where news stories are so diffuse. It's a weak argument that Labour would somehow have waved a magic wand and the UK media would be totally unbiased and honest. Wishful thinking, sadly.
Other countries raise more from social security contributions...
The composition of revenue in the UK is broadly in line with other developed countries. The amounts raised from income tax, VAT, other indirect taxes and corporation tax are all around the average for comparable countries. The UK raises more than most from property taxes, especially business rates. But it raises less than average from social security contributions (SSCs – National Insurance contributions in the UK), and in particular from employers’ SSCs.
...particularly for average earners
If the UK were to adopt the income tax and SSC rates of one of our higher-tax European neighbours, it might raise slightly more from the highest earners. But the big difference would be in the tax levied on the earnings of average workers. The average tax rate on median full-time earnings in the UK was 28% in 2016–17. This is much lower than it would be under the tax systems of the other countries shown in Figure 5, for which the average is 44%. Since 2016–17 (the year for which this analysis was undertaken), the income tax personal allowance has been increased more quickly than inflation, which will have further reduced income tax payments at the median in the UK.
https://ifs.org.uk/uploads/BN259-How-high-are-our-taxes-and-where-does-the-money-come-from.pdf
Remember that time you used to claim to be left wing. Haha yeah good times.
You are spot on with this!... I can scarcely open my mouth at family gatherings, before I get 'don't you dare' looks from my wife and my two daughters... my nephew tries it on now an again and he tosses the odd 'grenade' in occasionally to try and set me off.... sometimes he succeeds!
End of party... or I get hauled off to sit on the naughty step!
Not only does he think he’s not in the top 5%, he doesn’t think he’s in the top 50%. If over half the U.K. made that much we wouldn’t have many problems.
It's kind of misleading the way it's worded given it's referring to the marginal tax rate for graduates above that income level.
Labour currently are pretty much the architect of their own problems, but I wouldn't underestimate the influence of the media. I'm just sceptical about how much regulation would really change things beyond cutting out lowhanging fruit like long lens pap shots, make apologies have equivalent placing to false stories etc...
Someone on the old system (Repayment Plan 1) will pay £660 annually in student loan repayments at this income level (£27,295).
The tax system as it stands means income received from going to work is effectively taxed (tax + NI) at a higher rate than other forms of income.
The NHS could try spending their money more wisely. Nobody wants to say it but it’s a massive fecking problem.
Nah. UK health expenditure is pretty efficient compared to other countries. Highlighted bar below:
Nah?
It’s a fact. I’m not sure how that graph you showed me disproves that the Nhs mis-spend money.Any sources/data that backs your facts up?Nah?
it’s not an opinion I’m expressing
Sorry, please ignore all the graphs and actual numbers I’ve been posting, I bow to your facts that the NHS spends too much on toilet paper.Nah?
it’s not an opinion I’m expressing
The BBC impartiality was ruined by Camerons government with changes in leadership to Tory supporters and constant threats of defending from the Tory government. The BBC has been compromised. Effectively it is regulated to support the government position now and feign impartiality.
Pretty much.The Tories continue to tax income, not wealth and people are arguing about NHS Spend, and actually graduates are richer than 97% of the world.
The people in this country love to suffer
Just let me know when everyone decides to protest and i'll be there, everything else is just waffle now.
The Tories continue to tax income, not wealth and people are arguing about NHS Spend, and actually graduates are richer than 97% of the world.
The people in this country love to suffer
Just let me know when everyone decides to protest and i'll be there, everything else is just waffle now.
Erm what, you posted one graph….which was very basic.
This tickled me
If I type "NHS sells kidneys on black market" into Google I'm pretty sure I could also find loads of articles.
Just a small edit to help @Leroy The Red.
It will be companies owned by Tory friends which cash in on the new care rules too.
Any large organisation will have examples of wasting money. But that is not the core problem with the NHS. It is being under funded and privatised by stealth, being split up and various private companies offering non joined up care. Meanwhile the private companies are making plenty of money but the NHS is suffering.
