{"id":47211,"date":"2017-03-08T22:36:04","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T15:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/our-ability-to-save-is-non-existent-people-respond-to-uk-budget\/"},"modified":"2017-03-08T22:41:21","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T15:41:21","slug":"our-ability-to-save-is-non-existent-people-respond-to-uk-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/our-ability-to-save-is-non-existent-people-respond-to-uk-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Our ability to save is non-existent\u2019 \u2013 people respond to UK budget"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nFrom \u2018just about managing families\u2019 to higher-rate tax payers, we ask how tax and national insurance changes are going to impact householdsThere was not much in the budget to please higher-rate taxpayer Charlotte Geeves, 42, and her self-employed partner, Chris, 47. Charlotte is the chief executive of the Henley Festival, a five-day music and arts festival that takes place in Henley every July, and the Geeves have a household income of over \u00a3100,000. \u201cAt the moment, our ability to save is non-existent. Don\u2019t get me wrong, we live well, we own our own home and we go on holiday at least once a year \u2013 but we have a large mortgage and our son, Henry, is three so we also have childcare bills to pay. Our budget is tight. We don\u2019t have much wriggle room and we\u2019ll have less money coming in as result of the increase in national insurance contributions for the self-employed. However, I think it will be manageable.\u201d Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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