General Election 2024: General UK Politics Discussion here

[peak4]

5 minutes ago, Padders said:

What's a Tufton Street thing?

I don't understand the reference to evenings & weekends myself, but here's a little light reading for you, in no particular order;
From Tufton Street to Downing Street: The Opaque Charities at the Heart of Power  Bylines
Rachel Morris tracks the burgeoning influence of ‘free market’ think tanks on Conservative politics

Dark money think tank behind Liz Truss was on British media 5,000 times in past year  Democracy for Sale
Exclusive: MP writes to BBC and Ofcom after Tufton Street’s Institute of Economic Affairs - which does not declare its donors - reported a massive increase in media appearances 

55 Tufton Street, SW1: The most influential address you’ve never heard of    New European
It’s home to pro-Brexit groups and climate change sceptics. But just how much power over this government is wielded by the tenants of 55 Tufton Street?

The address where Eurosceptics and climate change sceptics rub shoulders  Independent
The offices of 55 Tufton Street in Westminister are home to no fewer than eight right-of-centre organisations

 

 

[hackey lad]

4 hours ago, Mister Gee said:

I disregard anything from a poster that never posts in the evening or at weekends. Bit of a Tufton Street thing going on maybe?

Explain , please. 

[Al Bundy]

4 hours ago, hackey lad said:

Explain , please. 

This should be fun.

[cressida]

Listening to bbc5Live last night,  someone phoned in to say that raising 3% income tax on the highest earners would wipe out the 22bn deficit.

[despritdan]

13 minutes ago, cressida said:

Listening to bbc5Live last night,  someone phoned in to say that raising 3% income tax on the highest earners would wipe out the 22bn deficit.

The Labour Party painted themselves into a corner before the election by promising not to raise income tax, which is the fairest form of tax. Raising income tax is the way to ensure the broadest shoulders bear the heaviest burden as they promised but instead they're hammering pensioners.

[Al Bundy]

16 minutes ago, cressida said:

Listening to bbc5Live last night,  someone phoned in to say that raising 3% income tax on the highest earners would wipe out the 22bn deficit.

Aye, let's punish those that went to college, university and studied hard ( whilst their mates were down the boozer) to enable them to have the nice things in life.

 

That's the spirit.

[cressida]

22 minutes ago, Al Bundy said:

Aye, let's punish those that went to college, university and studied hard ( whilst their mates were down the boozer) to enable them to have the nice things in life.

 

That's the spirit.

I'm not saying it should be done,  but would the extra 3% make much difference to the multi millionaires?

They did box themselves into a corner.

[peak4]

14 minutes ago, cressida said:

I'm not saying it should be done,  but would the extra 3% make much difference to the multi millionaires?

They did box themselves into a corner.

I didn't hear the program, but I'm guessing the caller might have might have been referring to proposals such as these
https://taxjustice.uk/campaign/taxing-wealth/

The wealth of the super rich is ballooning
The UK is home to an extraordinary number of billionaires – their wealth has increased twelvefold in thirty years.

While the world’s ten richest men recently doubled their fortunes in the space of two years.

Poverty and inequality are surging
At the other end of the scale, poverty is surging. Foodbank use is up nearly ten fold since 2012.

The gap between those at the top of the wealth scale and those at the bottom is widening, with women and minority groups especially affected.

New taxes on wealth
We’re campaigning for a new wealth tax: a 2% levy on individuals who own assets worth more than £10 million.

It would affect 0.04% of the UK population.

And we’re campaigning to apply national insurance to investment income, raising up to £24 billion a year.

Reform existing taxes on wealth
Those who get their income from stocks, shares and other assets often pay far less tax than those who work.

We campaign for the tax rates on these forms of income to be equalised with income tax.

So we all pay the same rates. It could raise £16.7 billion a year.

Additionally we campaign for National Insurance to be applied to all forms of income, not just work.

This would raise an additional £10.2 billion a year.

Clamp down on tax havens
Hundreds of billions of pounds are lost every single year to tax avoidance via tax havens.

We campaign for global action against tax havens. 

We’re demanding more transparency – and global minimum rates of tax, so countries aren’t undercutting each other.

[Padders]

5 minutes ago, peak4 said:

I didn't hear the program, but I'm guessing the caller might have might have been referring to proposals such as these
https://taxjustice.uk/campaign/taxing-wealth/

The wealth of the super rich is ballooning
The UK is home to an extraordinary number of billionaires – their wealth has increased twelvefold in thirty years.

While the world’s ten richest men recently doubled their fortunes in the space of two years.

Poverty and inequality are surging
At the other end of the scale, poverty is surging. Foodbank use is up nearly ten fold since 2012.

The gap between those at the top of the wealth scale and those at the bottom is widening, with women and minority groups especially affected.

New taxes on wealth
We’re campaigning for a new wealth tax: a 2% levy on individuals who own assets worth more than £10 million.

It would affect 0.04% of the UK population.

And we’re campaigning to apply national insurance to investment income, raising up to £24 billion a year.

Reform existing taxes on wealth
Those who get their income from stocks, shares and other assets often pay far less tax than those who work.

We campaign for the tax rates on these forms of income to be equalised with income tax.

So we all pay the same rates. It could raise £16.7 billion a year.

Additionally we campaign for National Insurance to be applied to all forms of income, not just work.

This would raise an additional £10.2 billion a year.

Clamp down on tax havens
Hundreds of billions of pounds are lost every single year to tax avoidance via tax havens.

We campaign for global action against tax havens. 

We’re demanding more transparency – and global minimum rates of tax, so countries aren’t undercutting each other.

Makes a lot of sense does that...

[RollingJ]

Interesting 'Registered Address' for 'taxjustice.uk'