'Britons Paying More For Less And Less'
Updated:10:31, Monday May 12, 2008

Britain's tax bill has increased by more than 50% in the past ten years 
under Labour, it has been claimed.

A report by the TaxPayers' Alliance pressure group says the tax burden now 
stands at £517bn, or £20,700 per household.

When Labour came to power in 1997 the tax take was £294bn.

Taking account inflation this means taxes have gone up by 51% in the past 10 
years, says the TPA.

The TPA says most of this is accounted for by "stealth taxes" or "fiscal 
drag" - failing to raise tax thresholds in line with earnings.

The fastest growing tax was said to be stamp duty which now brings in 
£14.3bn compared to £3.5bn - an increase of more than 300%.

At the same time, the TPA says fees and charges by local authorities and 
other public bodies had been "ratcheted up".



School dinners charges had risen 50% over the decade to £1bn a year, while 
parking charges and fines had risen to over £1bn.

The report's author, Mike Denham, a former Treasury economist, says the 
Government has used "every trick in the book" to drive up the tax burden.

"People are increasingly beset by record levels of taxation and growing 
service charges," he said.

"But there has been no improvement in services in return. We find ourselves 
paying more and more for less and less."

On Mon, 12 May 2008 11:18:46 +0100  '"The Rifleman"'
wrote this on uk.politics.misc:

>'Britons Paying More For Less And Less'
>Updated:10:31, Monday May 12, 2008


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Rifleman, here's a copy/paste of this excellent article with
the £ symbols and numbers correctly displayed:

   <quote>

"Britain's tax bill has increased by more than 50% in the past
ten years under Labour, it has been claimed.

A report by the TaxPayers' Alliance (TPA) pressure group said
that the total tax burden now stood at £517 billion a year - 
the equivalent of £20,700 per household.

That compared with a tax take of £294 billion in 1997-98 when
Labour came to power, representing a 76% increase in cash terms
over the decade or 51% if inflation is taken into account.

The TPA said much of the increase was accounted for by
little-noticed "stealth taxes" or by "fiscal drag" - failing to
raise tax thresholds in line with earnings - which the TPA now
estimates accounts for £14 billion of the annual tax take.

The fastest growing tax was said to be stamp duty which now brings
in £14.3 billion compared to a take of £3.5 billion ten years ago
- an increase of more than 300%.

At the same time, the TPA said that fees and charges by local
authorities and other public bodies had been "ratcheted up" and
become much more widespread.

It said that school dinners charges had risen 50% over the decade
to £1 billion a year, parking charges and fines had risen to over
£1 billion, while charges for hospital car parks now raise now
over £100 million in England alone.

The report's author, Mike Denham, a former Treasury economist,
said that the Government had used "every trick in the book" to
drive up the tax burden.

"People are increasingly beset by record levels of taxation and
growing service charges, but there has been no improvement in
services in return," he said.

"We find ourselves paying more and more for less and less. With
rocky economic times ahead, this rate of taxation simply cannot
be sustained."

   </quote>

-- 
socialism is like chronic heart disease ...
you may not know you suffer from it, but it'll kill you in the end.

This just what they admit to. Then they print more money. This is called 
forgery when we do it. That steals billions and causes inflation. Then there 
are the Private Finance Initiatives or PFIs. Private firms pay cash up front 
to run the NHS or what ever. Brown gets cash to waste and gets it off the 
balance sheet. It is cheating but presumably does not get called fraudulent 
accounting. It has the same effect of course. There are lots of snouts in 
the PFI trough. Capitalist swine collude very happily with the  goose that 
makes off with the golden eggs.



http://budget2008.treasury.gov.uk/where_money_is_spent.htm
Where taxpayers money is being spent in 2008
Spending        Taxing                       Spend per head
£618 billion     £575                         £10,100         2008
£647 billion
£680 billion

On May 12, 5:12 pm, "Mike"  wrote:

> This just what they admit to. Then they print more money. This is called
> forgery when we do it.

Well if they have the facility to raise cash in this way why do they
not do it and avoid the risks of courting unpopularity by rasing tax?

Better still why not use this facility to abolish taxes altogether and
expand public services?

Better better still why not do that an give us each £1000 p.w.  pocket
money so we don't have to bother to go to work.

You really do talk yourself into deep holes.

"The Rifleman" wrote:
> 'Britons Paying More For Less And Less'
> Updated:10:31, Monday May 12, 2008
>
> Britain's tax bill has increased by more than 50% in the past ten
> years under Labour, it has been claimed.

"It has been claimed" Bwahahahaha.

I claim that the earth is flat, do you believe me? No? Very wise.

> A report by the TaxPayers' Alliance pressure group says the tax
> burden now stands at £517bn, or £20,700 per household.

Oh right, so the average Joe is paying about 1500 a month in tax is he? 
I think not somehow.

Rest of busllsihtio snipped

... but we have "a prudent" prime minister...-;)))

""The Rifleman""  wrote in message 
news:46ednWmPouMehLXVnZ2dnUVZ8rKdnZ2d@bt.com...
> 'Britons Paying More For Less And Less'
> Updated:10:31, Monday May 12, 2008
>
> Britain's tax bill has increased by more than 50% in the past ten years 
> under Labour, it has been claimed.
>
> A report by the TaxPayers' Alliance pressure group says the tax burden now 
> stands at £517bn, or £20,700 per household.
>
> When Labour came to power in 1997 the tax take was £294bn.
>
> Taking account inflation this means taxes have gone up by 51% in the past 
> 10 years, says the TPA.
>
> The TPA says most of this is accounted for by "stealth taxes" or "fiscal 
> drag" - failing to raise tax thresholds in line with earnings.
>
> The fastest growing tax was said to be stamp duty which now brings in 
> £14.3bn compared to £3.5bn - an increase of more than 300%.
>
> At the same time, the TPA says fees and charges by local authorities and 
> other public bodies had been "ratcheted up".
>
>
>
> School dinners charges had risen 50% over the decade to £1bn a year, while 
> parking charges and fines had risen to over £1bn.
>
> The report's author, Mike Denham, a former Treasury economist, says the 
> Government has used "every trick in the book" to drive up the tax burden.
>
> "People are increasingly beset by record levels of taxation and growing 
> service charges," he said.
>
> "But there has been no improvement in services in return. We find 
> ourselves paying more and more for less and less."
>
>