There's a link between the two as well... higher take-up of benefits translates into a higher income deprivation score, as it is a count of benefit receipt not eligibility.

16% is a bit misleading. Probably something roughly like 65% of 200k+ members and 5-9% of 800k affiliated orgs/mainly unions, where people didnt choose to join. They split the turnout by category every other time

Thanks Giles!

11. Create a lifetime cap on ISA saving of £100,000 - instead of changing annual saving limits

12. Scrap almost all VAT reliefs (over 5 years) but provide flat-rate compensation - there’s no chance of this happening but it should!

Details and costings ⬇️ cradle2grave.substack.com/p/the-dirty-...

8. Reduce the pension tax-free lump sum to £100,000

9. Convert higher rates of stamp duty into an annual property levy worth one tenth of current payments

10. Introduce an England-wide surcharge on the top two bands of council tax

6. Replace the small business VAT cliff-edge with a sliding scale - so that people don’t stop their firms from growing above £90k

7. Introduce flat-rate tax relief on all pension contributions - across income tax and employee National Insurance

4. Introduce a basic-rate ‘tax swap’ too - though risky as this would hit pensioners and the self-employed

5. Levy National Insurance on pensioners - definitely on earnings after pension age (more controversially on private pensions too)

2. Eliminate very high marginal income tax rates on high earners in a fiscally neutral reform

3. Introduce a high-income ‘tax-swap’ by scrapping the 2p top rate of employee NICs & replacing it with income tax

I keep pondering similarities & differences between this & Labour populism under Corbyn.

- both reacting to compromises of centrism / power
- right today feels further from the UK midpoint (masked by media/online ecosystem)
- left populist policies generally polled well
- where js Tory resistance?

But funding the FPA from April 2028 isn't consistent with the ministers' current spending plans

- Only around £1.4bn new funding is planned for social care in 2028
- The FPA and regular pay rises would consume at least £900m

The sector should negotiate in good faith, hoping more ££ comes later 2/2