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Old Mar 6, 2024, 4:03 am
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Originally Posted by Bohinjska Bistrica
Flying is an exceptionally easy target for this sort of thing, unfortunately. Impacts a small percentage of the population, Hunt can badge it as hitting the wealthy and also hitting a polluting industry.

Meanwhile in reality, the amount raised will be chicken feed in the context of funding a tax 'cut' for a direct tax like NI. It's all rumours, but I wouldn't be surprised to see a lot of things like this put up so the Chancellor can grab himself a headline.

Amazing. Do we have a labour government or a conservative government? All I ever hear is tax tax tax. The more they tax people, the less time wealthy people will spend in the UK. The gap between rich and poor has never been bigger, this will continue to get worse.
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