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tuesdayweld wrote: »Amazes me that anyone below the age of 40 could ever get an 'unlimited salary' as it were, to afford a mortgage or a home. Very few people earn £35-40'000 (tax free) annually - about a 30% rough estimated total UK poppulation. In stark contrast, as many as 52-60% earn between a minimum of £15'000-30'000 (before tax), whilst the remaining surplus earn anything up to a few billion!. A great many are in total debt within the £15'000-20'000 income bracket national statistics rarely ever include the 'marginalized' classes and individuals as a whole; mostly tax-payer unions and small/medium business owners, with a meagre 2574000' benefits claimants. Please note that there are a staggering 66 million total inhabitants in the UK. This works out to be something like 1 in every 5'000 are either unemployed,disabled or made redudant. :beer:0
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poppy12345 wrote: »I'm not sure why you decided to bring up a thread that's 9 months old.....
Nor why they are posting with neither advice nor a question in an advice forum!Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Some rules may be different in other parts of UK.0 -
The only good thing about bringing up and old thread is seeing the posters who are no longer here and were good posters.It's nothing , not nothink.0
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