I got my winter gas bill today. Biggest ever. £227.00. Which cancels out a significant part of my earnings this month. Plus the double whammy of a letter from the taxman demanding almost £1000 "on account" for next tax year - despite the fact that I stumped up in January, last year earned very little and will probably be due a rebate. However if I don't pay up immediately, I will be charged seven per cent interest. A no-win situation.
So when people like John Hutton start waxing lyrical about "huge salaries" they need reminding that most of their core voters are people like me struggling to pay bills, being overtaxed proportionate to their income, and utterly fed-up with the fat cats in the utility compoanies making vast profits at their expense. Not to mention the super-rich in the City exploiting tax loopholes. They ignore us at their peril......
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