Quote Originally Posted by Gofer Blue View Post
I wonder if this would be a go-er? I would be happy to contribute as long as the tax revenue raised was strictly ring-fenced for NHS expenditure only.

According to official statistics there were 1.27 million basic rate and 0.1 million higher rate tax payers in Wales in 2020/2021. Total 1.28 million. Ref:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statis...te%20taxpayers

Total NHS spending in Wales = £9.6 billion. (https://www.audit.wales/infographics...arised-account). Let's say we went for a modest £1 billion (approx 10% of the £9.6 billion) raised by local taxation, this equates to approx £780 per tax payer per year or £65 per month. The extra £1 billion would surely ensure decent pay for nurses, paramedics and junior doctors and more besides.
I find the information on the number of Welsh and UK higher rate taxpayers amazing, depressing and scary. I don't have time to trawl through the entire webpage you posted but am I correct in thinking that only 7.4% of Welsh taxpayers were paying at the higher rate?

Isn't the threshold for paying at the higher rate only approx. GBP 50K? Only 100K people pay higher rate taxes of a population of over 3M! That is utterly bonkers - the percentage is almost double for the UK. Wales is being screwed by Westminster. Time for independence within the EU.

(For reference, 29% of US taxpayers were in the tax bracket for more than $75K in income in the 2022 tax year.)