@chazward2000.bsky.social
Pension savings are largely not taxed while invested. I believe it is unfair to get 45% relief on the way in and pay 0% (tax free cash lump sum) or 20% on the way out. All I’m saying is that higher earners need less incentive to save into their pensions and lower earners need a bit more help.
So your solution is to tax money going into pension savings, tax it whilst it is there and then tax it when you withdraw it. All the while probably complaining that people do not save enough for their retirement.
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Pension savings are largely not taxed while invested. I believe it is unfair to get 45% relief on the way in and pay 0% (tax free cash lump sum) or 20% on the way out. All I’m saying is that higher earners need less incentive to save into their pensions and lower earners need a bit more help.
This is such an obvious solution, that could dovetail with increasing relief for standard rate tax payers - we aren’t saving enough as a nation.
Ending higher rate tax relief on pension contributions would raise over £14bn a year.
Why isn’t this talked about more as something the CX should do? What am I missing?
Why isn’t this talked about more as something the CX should do? What am I missing?
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM
This is such an obvious solution, that could dovetail with increasing relief for standard rate tax payers - we aren’t saving enough as a nation.
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Trump is like a toddler: time he spends asleep is to be prized, not resented. Every minute he sleeps is a minute he is not tantruming or breaking things or smearing his own shit on things.
Images of Donald Trump appearing to close his eyes at an Oval Office announcement this week rocketed around social media this weekend, with the president’s opponents seizing on the footage to raise questions about Trump’s on-the-job performance.
Images of Trump appearing to close his eyes during Oval Office event spread across social media | CNN Politics
Images of Donald Trump appearing to close his eyes at an Oval Office announcement this week rocketed around social media this weekend, with the president’s opponents seizing on the footage to raise qu...
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November 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Trump is like a toddler: time he spends asleep is to be prized, not resented. Every minute he sleeps is a minute he is not tantruming or breaking things or smearing his own shit on things.
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the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
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With all the leaves and puddles, I usually try to avoid the Stretford Cycleway at this time of year. But with random closures, it’s worse than ever right now.
November 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
With all the leaves and puddles, I usually try to avoid the Stretford Cycleway at this time of year. But with random closures, it’s worse than ever right now.
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Ed Davey is right. Musk’s abuse of social media ownership to destabilise our democracy should now be treated as a serious national security threat, resulting in appropriate countermeasures. I have little faith that Starmer will rise to the challenge, however.
I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday.
As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.
As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.
September 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Ed Davey is right. Musk’s abuse of social media ownership to destabilise our democracy should now be treated as a serious national security threat, resulting in appropriate countermeasures. I have little faith that Starmer will rise to the challenge, however.
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She showed that a single mum from a council estate can become deputy prime minister, while vaping and going clubbing. She's a threat to their narrow-minded buttoned-up classist bullshit.
September 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
She showed that a single mum from a council estate can become deputy prime minister, while vaping and going clubbing. She's a threat to their narrow-minded buttoned-up classist bullshit.
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Rayner is absolute class. She's been a bit silly in organising her taxes, but that's not why they hate her. They hate her because she did not know her place.
September 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Rayner is absolute class. She's been a bit silly in organising her taxes, but that's not why they hate her. They hate her because she did not know her place.
Thanks to @artsemergency.bsky.social for a great evening in Manchester, reminding us all the amazing work they do. And concluded by a great performance by Tony Walsh. Proud to be a supporter.
June 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Thanks to @artsemergency.bsky.social for a great evening in Manchester, reminding us all the amazing work they do. And concluded by a great performance by Tony Walsh. Proud to be a supporter.
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How am I meant to sleep with memes like this popping up on my feed??
June 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
How am I meant to sleep with memes like this popping up on my feed??
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Set the "techbros reinvented the bus" timer back to zero
Uber to introduce fixed-route shuttles in major US cities designed for commuters
Uber to introduce fixed-route shuttles in major US cities designed for commuters | TechCrunch
Ride-hail and delivery giant Uber is introducing cheap, fixed-route rides along busy corridors during weekday commute hours in major U.S. cities -- one
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May 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Set the "techbros reinvented the bus" timer back to zero
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Blair’s anti-net zero intervention today suffers from one of his major blindspots - his inability to see (or call out) how political debate has been warped by garbage media coverage
April 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Blair’s anti-net zero intervention today suffers from one of his major blindspots - his inability to see (or call out) how political debate has been warped by garbage media coverage
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Not to state the obvious, but none of them were sent to a terrorist prison in El Salvador. They all had lawyers, indictment by grand jury, a trial or a guilty plea where a judge ensured it was knowing & voluntary & access to an appeals process. In other words, all the hallmarks of due process.
April 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Not to state the obvious, but none of them were sent to a terrorist prison in El Salvador. They all had lawyers, indictment by grand jury, a trial or a guilty plea where a judge ensured it was knowing & voluntary & access to an appeals process. In other words, all the hallmarks of due process.
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Liz Truss: *kills queen*
JD Vance: Hold my communion wine
JD Vance: Hold my communion wine
April 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Liz Truss: *kills queen*
JD Vance: Hold my communion wine
JD Vance: Hold my communion wine
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The White House. The actual White House.
This is the attitude of every abuser, who is now fearful of the consequences of their abuse.
This is the attitude of every abuser, who is now fearful of the consequences of their abuse.
April 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The White House. The actual White House.
This is the attitude of every abuser, who is now fearful of the consequences of their abuse.
This is the attitude of every abuser, who is now fearful of the consequences of their abuse.
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Just to be clear, this post earlier is now a crime
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April 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Just to be clear, this post earlier is now a crime
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@georgemonbiot.bsky.social raises an important question about the corruption of the justice system. Why was not one farmer arrested for blocking roads & bringing the whole country to a standstill? Climate protesters are in prison, farmers aren’t, why? What happened to equality under the law?
April 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social raises an important question about the corruption of the justice system. Why was not one farmer arrested for blocking roads & bringing the whole country to a standstill? Climate protesters are in prison, farmers aren’t, why? What happened to equality under the law?
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“The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.”
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
April 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.”
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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The whining of the masters of the universe is one of the oddest features of the current moment
These guys - they’re almost all guys - own political, economic and social power entirely.
And yet all they do is whine on and on and on. It’s like we’re all paying the price for their unhappy childhoods
These guys - they’re almost all guys - own political, economic and social power entirely.
And yet all they do is whine on and on and on. It’s like we’re all paying the price for their unhappy childhoods
this is the core of the aggrieved tech billionaire archetype. Sam says it aloud. the way many of them see the techlash is that, one day they were Great Men of History and the next, with zero warning, they were inexplicably villains. everything that comes after stems from an inability to examine this
March 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The whining of the masters of the universe is one of the oddest features of the current moment
These guys - they’re almost all guys - own political, economic and social power entirely.
And yet all they do is whine on and on and on. It’s like we’re all paying the price for their unhappy childhoods
These guys - they’re almost all guys - own political, economic and social power entirely.
And yet all they do is whine on and on and on. It’s like we’re all paying the price for their unhappy childhoods
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Myles Lewis-Skelly, at 18, scores the opening goal of the Tuchel era on his England debut at Wembley
March 21, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Myles Lewis-Skelly, at 18, scores the opening goal of the Tuchel era on his England debut at Wembley
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Fossil fuel companies should be forced to pay the public trillions in damages for the costs of their planetary arson. Instead they are trying to shut down one of the most important and storied environmental groups in the world. It's shameless - and it's not over. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Greenpeace must pay hundreds of millions over Dakota pipeline protests, says jury
Non-profit said in statement lawsuits like this aimed at ‘destroying the right to peaceful protest’
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Fossil fuel companies should be forced to pay the public trillions in damages for the costs of their planetary arson. Instead they are trying to shut down one of the most important and storied environmental groups in the world. It's shameless - and it's not over. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Thousands of people are ditching Tesla. Here’s one of them with a message you can see from space.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
March 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Thousands of people are ditching Tesla. Here’s one of them with a message you can see from space.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
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