And it’s not just the Income Tax grab. Council Tax has shot up by the maximum allowed percentage almost everywhere outside of a few brave rebel councils. It’s the only lever local authorities have left to stop social care collapsing entirely, but for the householder, it feels like pouring money into a bin fire. On top of that, we’ve got the new environmental levies on energy bills and the ever-increasing cost of car insurance driven by pothole claims. This “Awful April” isn’t a single punch; it’s a death by a thousand cuts. The most pernicious part of the whole charade is the political silence. The government hopes you don’t notice because they technically didn’t announce a “rise.” But your wallet noticed. Your wallet noticed the moment you realised that pay bump you fought so hard for has been swallowed whole by the 40% band and a bigger council tax demand. It’s a tax raid carried out in plain sight, yet hidden in the fine print.
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