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Cleaners, gardeners and housekeepers are losing their jobs because of the 50p tax rate

Simon Heffer is into shooting. Last year, his shooting club noticed that its members were booking fewer shooting days, thereby reducing the club’s income. When asked why this was, the members replied that they now had 50p income tax to pay. One gamekeeper lost his job. My neighbour in Kent has a ramshackle garden and [...] Read the rest of this entry »

Cleaners, gardeners and housekeepers are losing their jobs because of the 50p tax rate

Simon Heffer is into shooting. Last year, his shooting club noticed that its members were booking fewer shooting days, thereby reducing the club’s income. When asked why this was, the members replied that they now had 50p income tax to pay. One gamekeeper lost his job. My neighbour in Kent has a ramshackle garden and [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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