tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post3130149941622884559..comments2023-09-13T09:59:36.013+01:00Comments on snowflake5: Alistair Darling's statementsnowflake5http://www.blogger.com/profile/14700425293614182769noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-19875300229265761932008-05-14T12:45:00.000+01:002008-05-14T12:45:00.000+01:00Snowflake, Are you sure you are right about the on...Snowflake, Are you sure you are right about the only personal allowance freeze since the 1970s being in 1981? My recollection is that the 1993 budget announced a freeze of the personal allowance between tax years 1993/94 and 1994/95 which duly happened in Mar/Apr 1994, although the blow was softened by a broadening of the 20% lower rate band.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-49402362293532212902008-05-14T10:54:00.000+01:002008-05-14T10:54:00.000+01:00I am retired and will receive the increased age re...I am retired and will receive the increased age related tax allowance when aged 65 - in 4 years time! The removal of the 10p tax rate meant that I was liable to pay an additional £232 tax each year. I am now liable for an additional £112 each year so will still be paying more tax to fund those on a higher salary. So much for working all my life and investing in a personal pension scheme!! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-18933646930061646382008-05-13T22:19:00.000+01:002008-05-13T22:19:00.000+01:00Brown originally thought that most of the people w...Brown originally thought that most of the people working part-time( and therefore on the 10p tax) were single mothers and he compensated them with tax credits in his budget. Who knew there were so many single males working part-time?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, he's responded to the criticsm by giving EVERYONE a tax-break. Surely it's what the country wanted? Increased personal allowance PLUS a cut in basicsnowflake5https://www.blogger.com/profile/14700425293614182769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-45712841534713955162008-05-13T22:09:00.000+01:002008-05-13T22:09:00.000+01:00So lets get this right:To try and wrongfoot the To...So lets get this right:<BR/><BR/>To try and wrongfoot the Tories last year, Brown scraps the 10p rate,to cheers from Labour MP's who are either too thick to understand the consequences or just too arrogant to believe it will be noticed.<BR/><BR/>After meltdown in the local and London elections and open mutiny from Labour backbenchers Brown is forced to back down with a massive U turn.<BR/><BR/>ToAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com