Our statement on the UK government’s demand that all content on all devices sold or used in the country be scanned, on the presumption of nudity, using a dystopian combination of age verification and content scanning. This proposal will not safeguard children. It endangers us all.
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Employer NI went from 13.8% to 15% in April 2025. The threshold dropped from £9,100 to £5,000.
That's an extra £937.80 per employee per year.
Since then, payrolled employees have dropped by 184,000 and unemployment just hit its highest level since 2015.
Nobody's connecting the dots.
When Labour announced VAT on private school fees, they promised it would raise £1.7 billion for state schools.
With 25,000 pupils already forced out, eight times more than predicted, the policy is on track to cost taxpayers money rather than raise it.
A thread🧵
If tax brackets keep up with inflation, the tax free threshold should be £16k, the 40% rate should kick in at £65-70k and 45% should be about £200k. VAT threshold should be closer to £120k.
"Instead of extracting £1.5bn from private schools, Treasury analysis has suggested that the new tax policy could cost the Government an extra £650m per year."
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