englishlad

joined 1 year ago
[–] englishlad@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In the UK tax is deducted 'at source' by your employer for anybody employed. You have a personal tax code, which tells your employer how much tax to deduct and pay on you behalf.

You then have a number of allowances you can claim against if you are eligible, to reduce your tax, which issues you an updated tax code.

[–] englishlad@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We have a very right wing cabinet, mainly due to everybody else getting kicked out/ resigning. They are very likely to get kicked out themselves next year, but due to the fixed term parliament law they are basically untouchable until then, so they are getting as much shit done as they can before they get replaced.

[–] englishlad@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

https://aaronareed.net/50-years-of-text-games/

Originally a blog, recently edited into a published book via Kickstarter.

[–] englishlad@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (5 children)

This is why governments need to get involved legislationing profits from AI work. Shareholders can't be the beneficiary of lower costs from AI when it means workers lose their jobs. There needs to be an AI specific tax, to support people losing their livelihoods.

[–] englishlad@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Saddam wanting to trade oil in other currencies was at least a part in the build up to the invasion of Iraq. The Petrodollar is still a large part of the US's financial strategy.