I have now come to terms with higher income families losing CB. But this isn't what's happening - it is higher income earners so we all know the inequality of that. Basic maths etc.
So, anyway, my mum wrote to her MP to see how they could justify (in this new, fair world) letting two people keep it on £30 each but not one person on £50 say.
Two sides of political waffle about 'fairness' and the big mess left to them and the argument is essentially:
- they don't want to set up a new means testing system (makes no sense - just add it to exisiting tax credits one?)
- means testing CB would fundamentally chnage it's nature. (makes no sense - removing its universality is a fundamental change, no?)
- 'higher rate tax payers are better off' - doesn't say than who.
So anyway, not much logical reasoning there.