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A lot of chaff is being thrown up about the £10,000 tax threshold hike being pushed by Clegg this morning. Matthew Sinclair over at the Taxpayers’ Alliance has sent this chart proving the point Guido has been making all day. Those on low earnings benefit proportionately the most.
Those on lower earnings, e.g. the second decile (£10,853 according to ONS data) will see their post-tax earnings rise by 4.7%, those in the highest decile will see their post tax earnings rise by just 1.1%. Now some policy wonks on the left complain that middle income earners will see their post tax income rise by some 2% and that this is “a waste of money”. The squeezed middle-classes need some help as well, this is a good thing, not a flaw. The hike shouldn’t be paid for by once again shifting the higher rate threshold either. The coalition parties should stop piling on the pressure on the very demographic that voted them into office to cut taxes…
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With inflation dipping less than unemployment is rising, we are all just a little bit more miserable than we were this time last year.
Despite it looking like we were getting happier before Christmas, today’s dire economic news, as well as some hefty public sector spending, has left us in the red and feeling blue.
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Guido’s blog reading co-conspirators are massive consumers of books, usually bought online courtesy of Amazon. According to the online retailer our reader’s favourite top purchases of 2011 were:
E-editions and books were combined. Pugnacious Mehdi Hasan really should be less chippy given how many of his books Guido helps shift…
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Sybaritic Sarko | Mail
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Nobody Likes Andy Slaughter | Mail
They Don’t Want Aid, We Do | Sun
Ignore the Courts | Douglas Murray
We Could Bomb Iran | Daily Beast
6,000 Scroungers on £100k | Mail
No.10: Lansley “Should Be Shot” | Political Scrapbook
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Prezza breaks with Labour to tell Adam Boulton:
“I don’t like you but I don’t want to put you under statutory control.”
Maybe if they really wanted to “decontaminate the Labour brand” with business people, they shouldn’t have totally buggered up the economy?
Just a thought.
