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We’ll all be worse off come April 6

7:57am Monday 24th March 2008

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SIR - People have forgotten that because of changes made to the tax system from April 6, anyone earning less than £18,000 will be paying significantly more income tax and anyone earning more than £40,000 which, of course, includes our MPs, will be paying £445 less income tax.

However, adding these changes to the increases on alcohol, costs of licensing cars, taxing plastic bags and so on, I feel sorry for the huge majority of us (unless you earn more than £100,000 a year) as we will all be worse off.

Congratulations to a Labour' Government.

I can hear Mike Foster saying this is a budget for the working classes and pensioners which it most certainly is not.

MARK STARR, Leigh Sinton

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carolfarrell, Worcestershire says...
9:39am Mon 24 Mar 08

The working class 'earn' their wages. The upper class, politicians and pop stars 'receive' their excessive wages.

Illegal immigrants and scroungers are given 'entitlements and benefit' and the pensioners are handed a pittance!

carolfarrell, Worcestershire says...
9:39am Mon 24 Mar 08

The working class 'earn' their wages. The upper class, politicians and pop stars 'receive' their excessive wages.

Illegal immigrants and scroungers are given 'entitlements and benefit' and the pensioners are handed a pittance!

Helen Donovan, Evesham says...
9:44am Mon 24 Mar 08

Anyone working part time (ie mainly part time, low paid women) will now not benefit from the old 10% tax allowance, previously allowed on the amount over that of the personal allowance, as the govt in their wisdom have scrapped it. This is to subsidise the previous 22% tax payers having their rate cut to 20%.

Gee thanks Gordon and co! Where's the fairness in that then?

Helen Donovan, Evesham says...
9:44am Mon 24 Mar 08

Anyone working part time (ie mainly part time, low paid women) will now not benefit from the old 10% tax allowance, previously allowed on the amount over that of the personal allowance, as the govt in their wisdom have scrapped it. This is to subsidise the previous 22% tax payers having their rate cut to 20%.

Gee thanks Gordon and co! Where's the fairness in that then?

varien, worcester says...
5:28pm Mon 24 Mar 08

Message to Michael Foster - PLEASE EXPLAIN

varien, worcester says...
5:28pm Mon 24 Mar 08

Message to Michael Foster - PLEASE EXPLAIN

Alan2, Worcester says...
7:21pm Mon 24 Mar 08

Varien, I had the temerity to call one of his comments "silly" on one occasion. He was obviously looking for an excuse to opt out of these posts so he "seized" on the word "silly" and we have seen sight nor sound of him since.
When he comes knocking at my door in the future, I will introduce his good friend Alan2 and ask him why he did not respond to our requests for a response to these blogs.

Alan2, Worcester says...
7:21pm Mon 24 Mar 08

Varien, I had the temerity to call one of his comments "silly" on one occasion. He was obviously looking for an excuse to opt out of these posts so he "seized" on the word "silly" and we have seen sight nor sound of him since.
When he comes knocking at my door in the future, I will introduce his good friend Alan2 and ask him why he did not respond to our requests for a response to these blogs.

Alan2, Worcester says...
8:52pm Mon 24 Mar 08


This "muck up" with the tax situation was announced at the Interim Spending Review.
The anomoly where the worst off were going to be worse off still, was headlined in almost every newspaper the following day and the general feeling was, that a mistake had been made which would be righted in the Budget.
However, in the days leading up to the Budget, the papers were full of how the "middle earners" or "middle England" had been well and truly clobbered by Brown and demanding that the position for them be relaxed.
What Darling did in the Budget, certainly removed the feeling that a "mistake" had been made with the tax situation because he did precisely nothing about it, neither did he make any mentioned, extra provision for "middle earners".
As Helen says, the opportunity was taken to "subsidise" those in the next tax bracket up.
We must conclude therefore that no mistake was made in removing the 10% band WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE LOW EARNERS WERE AS A RESULT - they knew perfectly well what the consequences would be for the low paid.
It was quite clearly, deliberate policy where a New Labour Government stung the low paid. They must have a death wish.

Alan2, Worcester says...
8:52pm Mon 24 Mar 08


This "muck up" with the tax situation was announced at the Interim Spending Review.
The anomoly where the worst off were going to be worse off still, was headlined in almost every newspaper the following day and the general feeling was, that a mistake had been made which would be righted in the Budget.
However, in the days leading up to the Budget, the papers were full of how the "middle earners" or "middle England" had been well and truly clobbered by Brown and demanding that the position for them be relaxed.
What Darling did in the Budget, certainly removed the feeling that a "mistake" had been made with the tax situation because he did precisely nothing about it, neither did he make any mentioned, extra provision for "middle earners".
As Helen says, the opportunity was taken to "subsidise" those in the next tax bracket up.
We must conclude therefore that no mistake was made in removing the 10% band WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE LOW EARNERS WERE AS A RESULT - they knew perfectly well what the consequences would be for the low paid.
It was quite clearly, deliberate policy where a New Labour Government stung the low paid. They must have a death wish.

Helen Donovan, Evesham says...
10:13pm Mon 24 Mar 08

According to press details, the Treasury will gain £7.3 billion from scrapping the 10% band, mainly from part time workers, whilst cutting the 22% rate to 20% will "cost" them £8 billion (hence taking from the lowest paid workers to subsidise the 20% taxpayers).

Helen Donovan, Evesham says...
10:13pm Mon 24 Mar 08

According to press details, the Treasury will gain £7.3 billion from scrapping the 10% band, mainly from part time workers, whilst cutting the 22% rate to 20% will "cost" them £8 billion (hence taking from the lowest paid workers to subsidise the 20% taxpayers).

Helen Donovan, Evesham says...
7:27am Tue 25 Mar 08

This explains it very well.

http://www.thisismon
ey.co.uk/tax-advice/
article.html?in_arti
cle_id=432672&in_pag
e_id=11

Helen Donovan, Evesham says...
7:27am Tue 25 Mar 08

This explains it very well.

http://www.thisismon
ey.co.uk/tax-advice/
article.html?in_arti
cle_id=432672&in_pag
e_id=11

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