AIBU to question people claiming they would happily pay more tax?

Random men from Eritrea would get the same assessment for emergency housing, with the same rules applied, as a former nurse would. HTH.

The tax burden is highest since the war under Labour.

On Scandinavian levels lower to mid earners here pay lower tax. Is that what you’re thinking of changing?

That statement is factually incorrect - see IFS and OBR, two reliable sources of data https://ifs.org.uk/taxlab/taxlab-key-questions/how-do-uk-tax-revenues-compare-internationally, https://obr.uk/box/the-uks-tax-burden-in-historical-and-international-context/. Is there fake news circulating that gives this impression?

How many threads are you going to post this false equivalence on?

There’s a big difference between between being happy to pay a bit more, and being happy for the rates of tax to increase a bit.

most people saying they’re happy mean the latter. It’s about all (or some, but not one individual) contributing a bit more. That’s both fair, and makes a difference.

responding with that link to donate isn’t the clever win you think it is.

I wonder how this poor lady feels about being lower priority than random men from Eritrea who come here illegally.

Former nurse living in a tent after council say she’s ‘not a priority’ for housing

https://www.google.com/amp/s/metro.co.uk/2026/07/03/former-nurse-living-a-tent-council-say-not-a-priority-housing-29028537/amp/

The problem is that the poorer third of the population are paying taxes they can't afford while the richest millionaires and billionaires eg are able to avoid tax by off-shoring, living abroad. Their investment income not taxed at all or not as much as earned income from the often essential work that the poorest have to do to survive.

We are ( as usual) over protecting the very rich. We need to tax the latter by insisting that if they want to keep their UK citizenship they need to contribute to this country. ( Reciprocal tax agreements for those working abroad can be accounted for.)

The US citizen living abroad must file a federal tax return and report their worldwide income to the Internal Inland Revenue no matter where they live in the world. Why do we not do the same?

It is counter productive to insist that the poorest eg the young, those on just the state OAP, or on precarious zero hours contracts (1 million at present) have to pay tax on money they would spend every penny of and therefore boost our economy while allowing the multi-millionaires/billionaires etc to horde or off shore.

That’s what I mean, you can’t see the impact of Labour’s NI policy when it’s clear. It was a tax on jobs.

I’m guessing because you voted Labour.

No they were let down by the likes of Johnson and Farage who promised that Brexit would bring great prosperity (for them at least it has), so for once we had turkeys voting for Christmas.

Why would I pay more without a policy that sets out where it would be going?
I'd happily pay a good chunk more if there was a commitment to making adult social care free, for example - I think the idea that people have to use savings to pay someone to come provide personal care in their home abhorrent.

I wouldn't pay more to the general pot on the off chance that might happen, knowing that it could just be used on defence spending and buying weapons.

Tbf that poster said Ukraine militarily as they are a buffer for the Uk against Russia. I don’t think there was any suggestion aid should go to Ukrainian individuals.

Well yes only those very loyal Labour can’t see the impact.

All the posts I’ve put are clear, young people have been let down by the current gov. It’s cost them jobs.

There’s another thread here where people are talking about how not to pay iht/care fees. But probably the first to shout for a tax increase 🤷‍♀️

Sorry-my post was intended for @Jollygreygiantesswho thinks that Ukraine is the only country entitled to foreign aid.

If you really believe that then you can't complain about young people being lazy if they can't get a job.

you’ve lost me

It’s not funny really. Labour’s NI policy has caused job losses, especially for young people.

Funny how the same people who complain that taxes stop businesses employing people also think it's easy for young people to just go out and get a job.

And of course stop all benefits except to pensioners! Because no-one under 65 is actually sick or disabled. And there are no associated future costs to children growing up in poverty or not getting the help they need in school.

Who is evading responsibility?

You can try explaining a third time. But you won’t get through. It’s not that people don’t understand-it’s that they love being able to snipe and evade responsibility.

Yes, Ukrainians look like us, don’t they? I can see why you think it’s OK to help them…..

I’d make all benefits means tested. Winter fuel allowance I find particularly galling - paying tax so that wealthy pensioners can overheat their under-occupied large houses while thousands of families live in B&Bs in the middle of a housing, fuel and cost of living crisis. Absolutely obscene.

Our taxes are the highest since the war, and already put us at scandinavian levels.

I have a good salary. ‘Broad shoulders’ according to Burnham, which apprently means I have a responsibility to pay even more tax. Trouble is, I already pay lots of tax and NI to support ‘others’. I’d really rather use these apparently ‘broad shoulders’ to support my own children.

You guys should read “we need to tax billionaires”. I’d be content for the richest of us to pay the same rate as the rest of us to be fair, not too keen on them just deciding to opt out.