Reasons to Bin the Bill

The average PAYE worker pays £3,565 in income tax each year, compared to £2,642 by the self-employed and just £575 by farmers.

Last year PAYE workers paid £3,030 million — up £243.8 million on 1992 — due directly to the one per cent levy imposed by the same government which promised “tax reform”.

The tax inspectors trade union says that last year £2,500 million was outstanding in taxes, and that with increased staffing much of this could be collected.

Instead the government gave the rich their second tax amnesty inside five years. While we have to pay 48% they were let off with 15% and no questions asked. Hundreds of millions of pounds were simply written off, over ten times the total service charges levied throughout the 26 counties.

The government refuses to raise the Rate Support Grant by £35 million, which could see all local charges abolished throughout the country. Yet they had no problem finding £35 million for the beef tribunal, much of which ended up in the pockets of their barrister pals.