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Originally Posted by Mark Gleeson
The problem is taxsaver is effectively a subsidy without falling foul of EU rules
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If I'm not mistaken, the current government has cut subsidies to the railways by 40%, so presumably the axed subsidies didn't break the rules.
Other EU countries clearly offer more subsidies than we do.
Totally agree Taxsaver is a regressive tax (or untax), but I think there's a lot of people on the higher rate who couldn't afford the fares without it. They need to find a way to give people on lower tax rates the same level of savings.
James