Fund defence spending from tax rise on middle earners, thinktank tells Healey

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/02/fund-defence-spending-from-tax-rise-on-middle-earners-thinktank-tells-healey

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Naich@piefed.world · 12 pts · 1d

Good forbid we might tax the rich.

AppleTea@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 1d

the UK has middle earners?

blackn1ght@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 1d (2 replies)

What's a middle earner?

Edit: What salary range classifies someone as a middle earner.

fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 1d (1 reply)

It depends who you ask. An actual middle/average earner is about £30,000 in the UK - though I think normally when they say something like this, they mean something like £50,000 - £100,000ish - those who may appear to be "fairly rich" to others, but might themselves feel like they're "just about managing".

blackn1ght@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 1d

Yeah in my mind, a middle earner is someone in the 50k to 100k like you said.