Where would you rather live? In a high tax or low tax state?

and the tories want to drive down what they called low-skilled immigration.
how does this square with growing social care needs.
I have come across many careworkers, over 90% are immigrants. also think of hospital cleaners, kitchen staff etc.
and they call these people, doing vital work, low-skilled because they receive minimum wage. like to see some of them try doing carework, with all the responsibility, hard graft, etc. and often not paid for travelling time or fares to clients.
if I ruled the world, domicilary care would be organised locally, by a public body, accountable, with proper training, career progression and renumeration. aim to recruit people living local to the area they worked in, get to know the area, its facilities, and able to walk between clients.

I believe the LibDems want to see an integrated, properly funded social care and health service.

Really the two cannot and should not be separated. The nonsense of "bed-blocking" in hospitals is related to the lack of proper social care provision and good social care can keep many out of hospital.

High tax and Caring

The Liberal Democrats propose an income tax increase of 1p in the £ to help the NHS.
Is it for social care varian?
That's what I thought anyway.

Yes, I'd rather pay a bit more tax on earnings and do away with inheritance tax as Norway has done.

Definitely higher taxes and a more effective and caring society.

However, as grannypauline's comment illustrates, not everybody will agree as to how that tax is spent.

I would prefer less to be spent on the military and
the monarchy - but there doesn't seem much chance of that happening.

I would prefer more to be spent on relieving poverty, and in particular child poverty, and on affordable housing.

As usual a thought provoking post from Whitewave. However I don't think a fiscal solution is the whole answer. The UK is a wealthy country but the arms industry consumes huge sums in a time when there is no outside threat.

IF we cancelled Trident we would save £200 billion which is a lot to play with!

In addition if we stopped joining in with the US in their oversees wars we would be a lot safer and wealthier. We need to divert arms manufacture towards socially useful products (arms to renewables). We can sell these instead! Of course we would lose around £14 billion in exports of weapons, of which 80% goes to the Middle East, mainly Saudi Arabia (not known a s a defender of human rights!),

Seen as a peaceful and helpful country we would be safer and wealthier.

I doubt if Whitewave is Richard Murphy. The real Richard Murphy is usually critical of the Labour Party, whereas Whitewave has been quite transparent in her support.

BTW Richard Murphy is a Quaker and I don't think Whitwave is.

Phew - I thought I was losing the plot!

sirchen

No I’m not the author. It is Richard Murphy

???

Is he not the author? Are you Richard Murphy Whitewavemark2? I’m genuinely confused! It’s been a long week...

sirchen????

I have already voted (by post) for higher taxes. The Liberal Democrats propose an income tax increase of 1p in the £ to help the NHS.

Isn’t Richard Murphy the author of the report?

missfood let me put your mind at rest.. I have been a gran since 2011. With a short break.

Whitewavemark2.

I see you signed off your post as Richard Murphy.
I strongly suspected you were not a “ Gran”
braveneweurope.com/richard-murphy-what-i-think-labour-should-be-saying-on-europe

Higher taxes and decent society with good public services.

janipat, I would normally agree. But honestly- the response was to a really condescending post.

''May I politely suggest you lighten up and relax a bit.
“It’s the season to be jolly”.''

and in this case, the reply was spot on and well deserved.

higher taxes - after watching dispatches the other night about the 4.1 million children living in poverty I cant see how anyone could say otherwise

Higher taxes and better universal, public services / infrastructure.

Higher taxes every time. We used to have much higher taxes in Britain.

High and fair tax with great public services.

Jingle bells jingle bells …

I'd always go for higher taxes and a fairer society. Belgium, here I come....

missfoodlove there, there dearly. Don’t get stressed you don’t have to play with the big boys and girls.

Off you go and get your nails done, bake your cake and watch daytime TV

What a horrible condescending reply to someone you could have simply ignored.

To answer the OP, higher taxes used for higher quality public services. Not Denmark, still reported to be very racist by my black friends who lived there for a few years, now much happier in UK. Sweden would be good, but I'll stay here in the UK if that's allowed and campaign for a fairer, better society.

Higher taxes and higher quality public services.
Of course

?thank you.