🧾 You’re Not Broke — You’re Being Rinsed
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Reform UK’s plan to fix the cost-of-living crisis that Westminster created, funded, and flogged to death
Let’s be honest: you’re not struggling because you bought too many lattes.
You’re struggling because this government — and the last five before it — have been squeezing every penny out of working people while pretending it’s just “global pressures.”
Meanwhile, they sit in tax-funded offices on tax-funded salaries, reading reports from tax-funded consultants about why you need to “tighten your belt.”
And yes, they’re still pretending to be shocked about a crisis they’ve been managing badly for over two decades — and actively fuelling for most of it.
Reform UK isn’t here to pretend. We’re here to change it.
📉 The Current Reality: The Government’s Robbing You Blind
Let’s get into the facts:
– The personal tax allowance is frozen at £12,570 — unchanged since 2021
– That freeze is dragging millions of low-paid workers into tax for the first time
– Basic rate (20%) kicks in above £12,570 — and hasn’t been adjusted for inflation
– Real wages are still lagging behind price rises
– Average energy bills are still around £2,000 a year
– Petrol and diesel prices are creeping up again, and fuel duty increases are baked in
– Council tax for a Band D property now averages over £2,000
– Everything from mortgage rates to milk has gone up — and stayed there
Meanwhile, the government pulled in record tax revenues. Shame none of it seems to help you.
💡 Reform UK’s Plan: Keep More of What You Earn
We’re not here to shuffle numbers. We’re here to make real changes you’ll actually feel.
Here’s how:
– Raise the personal allowance to £20,000
So working people keep more of their own money — and minimum wage jobs aren’t taxed at all.
– Introduce a flat 20% income tax rate above that
Simple. Fair. Easy to understand. No loopholes, no punishment for success.
– Abolish IR35
End the war on contractors and self-employed Brits. Let people work how they want.
– Cut fuel duty by 20p a litre
Because driving to work shouldn’t feel like a luxury tax.
– Unfreeze tax bands
So pay rises aren’t just a shortcut to higher tax bills.
– Slash £50 billion in public sector waste
Fund all of the above by cutting bureaucracy — not frontline services.
🧠Why Flat Tax Actually Works
They’ll tell you it’s “unfair.” That’s because they don’t understand it — or don’t want you to.
Under Reform’s plan:
– You pay no tax on the first £20k
– You pay just 20% on everything after that
– No complex bands, no expensive accountants, no stealth traps
– Everyone knows where they stand — and the system becomes honest again
It’s not extreme. It’s what fairness actually looks like.
🪓 Where We’ll Find the Money (Spoiler: It’s Not You)
Not from borrowing. Not from empty promises.
We’ll pay for it by stopping the madness:
– Freeze civil service headcount — no more empire building
– Scrap DEI departments and pointless government “climate czars”
– Cancel rebrands, media consultants, and useless reports
– Cap pensions and golden pay-offs for top-level execs
– Open the books: publish a full, transparent, line-by-line breakdown of government spending so you can see where your money actually goes
📢 The Bottom Line
You’re not bad with money.
You’re stuck in a system built by people who are.
Reform UK doesn’t want more of your income.
We want you to keep it.
We’re not promising tax cuts in 2040 after “fiscal conditions improve.”
We’re promising an actual plan — now, funded by real cuts to real waste.
Because your salary isn’t the problem.
Westminster is.