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Old 10th June 2019, 08:35 AM   #2610
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Originally Posted by KDLarsen View Post
An interesting point was raised on Twitter, showing that only 20% of Conservative party members earn above £50,000 (with some 24% declining to answer). Even if all 24% of those declining to answer are above, it's still not a majority. Of course, it won't hurt him with those 44%, but still..

Elsewhere, it's being pointed out that such a move would be disastrous for the Tory party in Scotland. Why? Because the Scots have a devolved tax setup (with a 41p charge starting at £43,000 or so, instead of of the 40p charge at £50,000) so most Scottish middle-class taxpayers won't actually see a tax cut - but they'll still have to pay the increased NI payment, since it's locked to the English NI payment level.
Was that including pensions?
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