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Pre Thatcher??? I worked for them from 1973 until 2006. I didn't hit the jackpot. I tramped the length of the UK and I made a living. One year I was in Inverness and the following year Worthing. I can assure you that no one working on any of the contracts I was on were eligible for Universal Credit. We were paying welders thousand a week in 1981. Back in the day going self employed was a recognized " fiddle" Guys on 300 a day paid themselves minimum pay and kept their tax bill down. The rest they paid themselves in dividends which only attracted 20% tax when if they worked on the books they would have been paying 40% plus they claimed all sorts of expenses. Now if I had a pound for every time i heard a plumber called a hard faced grabbing barsteward I would be wealthy.
Replied: 23rd Oct 2021 at 21:50