Quote Originally Posted by gWaPito View Post
Good idea Arthur. ...scrap the the threshold and let the already hard pressed British Tax payers fund those living above their means
If you mean the basic-rate taxpayers - like myself and countless thousands of others besides - then, YES, ... we ARE hard pressed!

Quote Originally Posted by gWaPito View Post
18.5 k is still a give away considering you can still claim family tax credits upto 25k which was the level the right Honorable David Cameron proposed. ..there's no pleasing in some folks
£18,600 may be a "drop in the ocean" to those fortunate enough to be in the 'Supertax' bracket.

Whereas, decent, hard-grafting Care Workers (such as our Andy, for instance) have little option but to work endless extra shifts in order to scrape together the amount this government is demanding.