Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Two million extra middle-income earners pay 40p tax under Coalition

Budget cost higher rate taxpayers £546 a year, says Institute for Fiscal Studies






By Steven Swinford, Senior Political Correspondent

10:00PM GMT 20 Mar 2014



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More than two million additional middle-income earners will have been dragged into the 40p rate of income tax under the Coalition, independent economists have said.


The Institute for Fiscal Studies suggested that higher-rate taxpayers will be £546 a year worse off after Mr Osborne ignored calls to raise the 40p threshold in his Budget. It currently stands at £41,450.


The institute said that the number of people paying the 40p rate will have risen from three million in 2010-11 to almost five million in 2015-16.


On Wednesday the Chancellor used his Budget to increase the tax-free personal allowance from £10,000 to £10,500, a change that the Treasury says benefits all workers earning up to £100,000.


More: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/budget/10713043/Two-million-extra-middle-income-earners-pay-40p-tax-under-Coalition.html

Haze,

I think that Osborne's "joke" was at the level one expects from the nasty bunch of schoolboys who call themselves cabinet ministers and would naturally appeal to you!

But, I see Miliband is becoming a bigger threat to the incompetent U-turning bunch of poor comedians in the cabinet and probably will be the next PM.

I think it will be interesting to watch the blood spilling and recriminations at party HQ and Aschroft asking for his money back!

No wonder Boris doesn't want to be in their number and Gove's wishes to split the party.

Cash for leadership.

Osborne did raise the 40p tax threshold to £41,865, from £41,540

What is happening in the Rebecca trial?

What is happening in the Nigel approach to politics?

Very quiet!

Is Cameron going to be character witness for his old friends?

There is much to be seen in the phrase "birds of a feather flock together".

Reminds me of the old days;

Petrol price at a three year low and likely to go 2p lower due to wholesale price drop.

Osborne has been quite clever by freezing duty once again. The price falls and no duty rise have helped keep the inflation figures down thereby reducing the risk of interest rate rises. Lower furl prices are good for an improving economy.

Is everyone else getting ad videos starting up on every page ?? home page /trade page/ thread page ,this has only started yesterday ,i have asked Ian why but he won't respond .....

goldfinger , will know

What the hell are Moneyam doing every thread has a video !

Yes and it is a b, nuisance.

I have just switch the sound off until I look at chrome and see if I can block the B. thing.

If you find a way Fred let me know please .

Hi there,

Sorry, the guys in the sales team have uploaded this video. It's actually just a flash advert so it's going everywhere there would normally be a square advert. The best option is just to mute the video. It will stay muted for the rest of the day.

George

George is this going to stay and be regular rather than the normal advert ,i have good reason to ask this as for me muting the ad is no good

Sorry, I don't know the specifics of how long it will be on the site. I've been told it will be up for the weekend at least. At some point it will go away like all the other adverts do. I know, it's very distracting.

Is that where that racket came from.

Im sat on the canal fishing in silence with my lap top on at my side periodicaly looking at SPs and all of a sudden a barrrage of volume came spewing out.... I nearly s-it myself, it really did shock me.

I couldnt find out what it was so turned all sites off and logged back in again with just IG Index on.

Make no wonder I caught nowt, all the fish would have done a runner.

If you see the guy on the bank who was taking a photo of you when it went off, get him to send me a photo.

I will post it here.

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Which way the market. Not very good few days.

Not sure if I am stubborn or stupid at the moment!

8-)

If your sat on the canal GF are you using mobile internet ??? If so these ads will kill it you will use 4 days worth in a morning ,i am using a mobile internet at the moment thats why i'm complaining , i would'nt mind but its every single page every time you change ,who in there right mind has thought that was a good idea ???

Come on Moneyam this is a joke Barry Scott screaming at you every time you change pages !!!

just whizzed back over today's yardage and noticed something re the budget

pension rules
this is going to be very interesting indeed and i wonder if the detail will actually allow pensions to be stripped 100% by the individual as is indicated at the moment

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my office pc does not have speakers so had not even noticed the video(s)

Jimmy I was using my lap top on battery, get a wireless signal from flats just across.

Must say when your out their your in a world of your own in total silence.

What a shock.