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it's especially strange as self-employed high earners are probably core Tory demographic
They are? I would have thought they were champagne socialists based completely in Greater London - and wherever the BBC is these days.
White van man is Tory, but anyone earning top, top dorrah just kids themselves they are being virtuous by voting labour because they can afford to.
Howard
If you literally pay hundreds of thousands in tax, your total gross household income must be >£400k so at least £17k/mo (net)? You've 3 months' worth of expenses set aside in cash. Would £5k/mo (gross) really make that much of a difference to your situation? Your expenses/spending must be astronomical, or what did you do with your income?
It is a little strange that they decided to just cap the grant to employees but completely cut it off to the self-employed. Seems like a small pool of people so a relatively small additional cost to government. Not that politics is at the forefront of anyone's mind, but it's especially strange as self-employed high earners are probably core Tory demographic.