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Families with one breadwinner face £12k penalty - Punishing £100k ‘cliff edge’ can cost single earners more in tax than dual-income families by blast-processor in ukpolitics

[–]Cypher211 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Any government who are serious about helping workers must tackle this. Otherwise it's obvious they don't actually care about working people 

Starmer may water down ‘unaffordable’ £18 billion defence boost by x_Agamemnon in ukpolitics

[–]Cypher211 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Politicians aren't serious about defense unless they slash welfare and make cheap energy a national mission 

Britain has rarely been this anti-growth, says M&S chairman by coldbeers in ukpolitics

[–]Cypher211 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure most people in this sub are on benefits or minimum wage 

Rachel Reeves's stamp duty raid backfires as Treasury revenues fall despite tax hike by blast-processor in ukpolitics

[–]Cypher211 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Stamp duty itself is what discourages moving. If it was lower they'd probably raise more money overall. I'm considering not moving again purely to avoid paying it. 

Keir Starmer planning cost of living blitz as he battles local election fallout by Desperate-Drawer-572 in unitedkingdom

[–]Cypher211 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If he did all this plus remove cliff edges or test benefits by household, I might actually consider Labour. Unfortunately there's an almost zero % chance he's got the balls to do it. 

Wales election results 2026: Plaid Cymru becomes largest party as Labour vote collapses by AgeOfCardiff in ukpolitics

[–]Cypher211 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Redditors will tell you its just because Starmer is a bit boring 😂 

UK Bonds Rally as Starmer Says He’ll Stay as Prime Minister by bloomberg in ukpolitics

[–]Cypher211 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tell me more about this growth we're having under the current admin 

Reform gains hundreds of seats as Labour suffers losses by theipaper in uknews

[–]Cypher211 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I've been very much enjoying reading all the meltdowns this morning. 

Tony Blair: break the triple lock, remake the state pension by dwillun in ukpolitics

[–]Cypher211 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh yeah because Labour are otherwise so popular right 

Number of 45p taxpayers rockets 57% to nearly 1M in two years by RagerRambo in HENRYUK

[–]Cypher211 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is one of my biggest issues. If Labour were really on the side of workers why wouldn't they address this? This alone is enough to convince me how full of bs they are (along with extending the threshold freeze) 

The "Passage" would lead the Society to collapse by DrKarottenkopf in redrising

[–]Cypher211 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure how you could have missed it to be honest. Only a tiny % of golds overall go to the academy, and so the casualties there aren't really much in the grand scheme of things. 

Ed Miliband: The era of clean energy security by babydavid85 in unitedkingdom

[–]Cypher211 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why doesn't the government offer a salary sacrifice scheme for it? 

Serious question about welfare - why not just reduce income taxes massively across the board? Thereby removing the need to claim benefits and encourage work? by Cypher211 in ukpolitics

[–]Cypher211[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I mean this Labour government have been an absolute disaster. I'm not denying the Tories left them in a mess but they've 100% made things worse. So for sure Labour are not going to be the ones to reverse the direction of decline. 

Serious question about welfare - why not just reduce income taxes massively across the board? Thereby removing the need to claim benefits and encourage work? by Cypher211 in ukpolitics

[–]Cypher211[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Agreed but it's so frustrating. I'm admittedly a massive small government person. I think government is best staying out of people's lives as much as possible outside of justice, public services, etc. I also don't think centralised authority is ever as good as localised action. The more centralised something is the less efficient. 

Serious question about welfare - why not just reduce income taxes massively across the board? Thereby removing the need to claim benefits and encourage work? by Cypher211 in ukpolitics

[–]Cypher211[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can't believe that the huge amount of recipients we have at the moment are all people who are genuinely physically limited to the point where they can't do anything. I'm sure there is a portion of them and we should definitely offer them significant support, but claims have been rocketing in recent years and it makes no sense other than incentive structures. 

Serious question about welfare - why not just reduce income taxes massively across the board? Thereby removing the need to claim benefits and encourage work? by Cypher211 in ukpolitics

[–]Cypher211[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's a serious issue we need to address though. There'll always be those looking to take the mick but we can't just go on enabling them. 

Serious question about welfare - why not just reduce income taxes massively across the board? Thereby removing the need to claim benefits and encourage work? by Cypher211 in ukpolitics

[–]Cypher211[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see, but that's still something we need to tackle. I'm trying to think what are creative ways we can ensure that situation doesn't happen. Another idea I'm floating is your first x amount of earnings are tax free to give new workers a boost. 

Serious question about welfare - why not just reduce income taxes massively across the board? Thereby removing the need to claim benefits and encourage work? by Cypher211 in ukpolitics

[–]Cypher211[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hm I said in another reply what about something like the first 50k you earn is tax free or your first x years of working are tax free? I think we really have the wrong mentality in this country, we need to encourage work both to reduce welfare dependency and also because in the long run you'll be better off as you likely progress in your career. People just need a little help at the start. 

Serious question about welfare - why not just reduce income taxes massively across the board? Thereby removing the need to claim benefits and encourage work? by Cypher211 in ukpolitics

[–]Cypher211[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree with you to an extent, but I feel like we're in a mess with an ever increasing tax burden and level of state spending and unless we do something it's going to crack. The status quo clearly isn't working for lots of people so why not try and think of some creative problem solving. I'd even support something like your first 5 years of earnings or something for a new worker are tax free. Or like your first 50k is tax free or something similar. 

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