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Not really going to help the unemployed or people on a low income though, is it? ASIDE: yet another example of the spread of shoddy journalism there. The artic
by Normille 4y ago
Not really going to help the unemployed or people on a low income though, is it?
ASIDE: yet another example of the spread of shoddy journalism there. The article says:
>He also said he would cut the basic rate of income tax to 19 pence in April 2023, one year earlier than expected...
without actually telling us what the current rate is. I see this all the time these days; an article will say something is changing to X, without telling you what it was beforehand.
"From now on I'm going to have 3 slices of toast for breakfast" is pretty meaningless if you don't know whether I currently have one or six!
- mytailorisrich 4y agoThe best way to help the unemployed is to create jobs. As an aside the unemployment is still historically low though this will probably not last. I also suppose that pretty much everyone knows that the basic rate is currently 20% because virtually everyone pays it. This is not an obscure piece of info known only to experts.
- ID1452319 4y agoI'd say the best way to help the unemployed is to equip them with skills. There's no shortage of unskilled, minimum wage jobs in Britain, but it's hardly a life.
- gpderetta 4y agoIt is also not 19 pence but 19 percent, more shoddy editing, than shoddy journalism, but still relevant. For the record it was 20%.
- mytailorisrich 4y agoIn the UK tax rates are very often reported as 'pence in the Pound', which is equivalent to percents and only means how much you pay out of every Pound you earn. The BBC and many other news sources are also reporting that the basic rate has been "cut from 20p to 19p" ('p' meaning 'pence') or that the rate has been "cut by 1p" today.
- gpderetta 4y agoOh, TIL, thanks for the clarification!