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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.scot/users/Colinsay/statuses/112706668145424289">Colin Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (colinsay@mastodon.scot)'s status on Monday, 01-Jul-2024 18:41:34 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@Colinsay" title="colinsay@mastodon.scot"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/220085-48-20231204112617.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Colin Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Colin Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿</a></section><article><p>What £4 per month extra in income tax gets you in Scotland. (Thanks Ewan)</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/3315295#notice-6531976">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-07-01T18:41:34+09:00" title="Monday, 01-Jul-2024 18:41:34 JST">about 7 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@Colinsay/112706668145424289" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.scot via ActivityPub">mastodon.scot</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@Colinsay/112706668145424289">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/2852608">Ewan Anderson Ritchie4hThey keep saying on the news that people earning over 28,000 pay more tax in Scotland than in England. So I did a quick comparison on money saving expert income tax calculator. If you earn £33,500 in England you would get £2,303 in take home pay per month. If you earn the same in Scotland you would get £2,299 in take home pay. A grand difference of £4 per month.For that £4 you get 4 years of free university or college tuition, free prescriptions, free personal care, a bus pass if you are over 65 or under 22. You get better performing A&amp;E's than England and more teachers per pupil, better paid teachers, doctors and nurses. You get a nationalised rail company with no peak fares. You get the Scottish Child Payment of £25 per week per child. You get a baby box. You get 1140 hours of free early learning an childcare once your child is 3 years old (due to be expanded to 2 year olds soon).You also get the lowest council tax in the UK which would cost you on average £700 more per year per household if you were in England.That is a well spent £4 per month in my book.</a></label><br><a href="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/112/706/667/658/414/497/original/3419a51dac45e7ce.png" rel="external">https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/112/706/667/658/414/497/original/3419a51dac45e7ce.png</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Colin Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (colinsay@mastodon.scot)'s status on Monday, 01-Jul-2024 18:41:34 JST Colin Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
What £4 per month extra in income tax gets you in Scotland. (Thanks Ewan)
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1. Ewan Anderson Ritchie 4h They keep saying on the news that people earning over 28,000 pay more tax in Scotland than in England. So I did a quick comparison on money saving expert income tax calculator. If you earn £33,500 in England you would get £2,303 in take home pay per month. If you earn the same in Scotland you would get £2,299 in take home pay. A grand difference of £4 per month. For that £4 you get 4 years of free university or college tuition, free prescriptions, free personal care, a bus pass if you are over 65 or under 22. You get better performing A&E's than England and more teachers per pupil, better paid teachers, doctors and nurses. You get a nationalised rail company with no peak fares. You get the Scottish Child Payment of £25 per week per child. You get a baby box. You get 1140 hours of free early learning an childcare once your child is 3 years old (due to be expanded to 2 year olds soon). You also get the lowest council tax in the UK which would cost you on average £700 more per year per household if you were in England. That is a well spent £4 per month in my book.
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