John Cross

Sweet Baby Jesus and The Orphans!

[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

Rugby league legend Sir Billy Boston has died aged 92.

Born in Cardiff in 1934, he would go on to score 24 tries in 31 appearances for Great Britain and was part of the side that won the 1960 World Cup.

[John Cross @j8cross]

@powell_dan69548 @SamJRushworth @dmnqwk Exactly! And the suits in Whitehall are scratching their heads wondering why UK productivity has declined compared with the rest of the G7. The Laffer curve is real!

[John Cross @j8cross]

@SamJRushworth @dmnqwk 9% (plus 6% postgrad loan), on top of tax and tapering benefits, makes people think twice about taking on the responsibility that comes with promo/pay rises. Like it or not, swathes of exp 30-something yr olds are now opting for 3/4-day weeks because the system incentivises it.

[John Cross @j8cross]

@SamJRushworth Not silly. Higher rate tax

40% income tax
2% NI
9% student loan
6% postgraduate loan

Then you lose Child Benefit for 2/3 children over £60k.

Suddenly, very little is left from each extra £1 earned. So why take on all that extra responsibility for so little extra take-home pay?

[John Cross @j8cross]

@SamJRushworth Not silly. Higher-rate pay

40% income tax
2% NI
9% student loan
6% postgraduate loan

Then you lose Child Benefit for 2/3 children over £60k.

Suddenly, very little is left from each extra £1 earned. So why take on all that extra responsibility for so little extra take-home pay?

[Sonny @thehonestletter]

Britain has produced a generation of thirty-year-olds who can't afford to move out, can't afford to have children, can't afford to get ill, and can't afford to stop.

They did everything they were told. School, university, the debt, the graduate scheme, the promotion that came with more responsibility and £200 a month.

The reward is a life where every month is spoken for before it starts, with nothing left over to build anything that might eventually get them out.

A million people didn't independently fail. This is what a decade of flat wages against climbing costs actually looks like.

[John Cross @j8cross]

@JeremyUsbourne1 @H_S_E

[John Cross @j8cross]

@RTSausages @AndyBurnhamGM Also supported Salford Rugby and lobbied to stop the club from going out of existence!

[george @StokeyyG2]

Your 57 year old mate in 2066 hanging around the corner shop waiting for a 58 year old to pop in and buy him some marlboro golds

[Hadas Weiss @weiss_hadas]

europeans when asked to help unblock the strait of hormuz

[sam @Discoplomacy]

How it feels to hear that the UK economy is going to get worse when it’s the only message I’ve ever heard my entire adult life

[John Cross @j8cross]

@AaronBower Six figures on the pitch, LEDs and a screen? Bold of Bradford to turn ‘great nick’ into the new gold standard for ‘bare minimum to scrape IMG points’. Eyes of Super League indeed… mostly rolling ofc!

[John Cross @j8cross]

@JoshB1406 @CamDonDuncan Salford were already fucked off no need to “fuck ’em off.” Redirect that anger to Bradford instead who have had too much RFL Money!

[John Cross @j8cross]

@JoshB1406 @CamDonDuncan You do realise Salford are no longer in SL?

[John Cross @j8cross]

@nazirafzal Fantastic work, Nazir. Do you see the Class Ceiling study being extended to other sectors given your findings within the Arts?

[John Cross @j8cross]

@BBCNewsnight If you took a postgraduate loan you pay another 6% on top of the 9% undergraduate loan.

That means 15% of your salary goes on student loan repayments alone.

[John Cross @j8cross]

@Victoria_Spratt @OliDugmore If you took a postgraduate loan you pay another 6% on top of the 9% undergraduate loan.

That means 15% of your salary goes on student loan repayments alone.

[John Cross @j8cross]

@MartinSLewis 15% student loan repayments punish aspiration.

Should Postgrad loans should be rolled into Plan 1/2 at 9%?

The current system can discourage promotions and progression, esp if a higher rate tax payer

[John Cross @j8cross]

@narindertweets Nice gesture, but the generalisation about British people is unnecessary and only fuels racial tension