if they accept, as you say, that they are going to stick with this? what can they do to mitigate the challenges that families are facing? i think there s going to have to be some quid pro quo. if the national insurance rise is going to go ahead, they must think about how they can help families with energy bills. i m surprised there hasn t been an announcement already, seeing as we re going to get the news of how much prices are going to go up so imminently. but on the other side of things, look at wealth taxes. we ve had 100 millionaires turn up at the virtual davos summit writing a letter saying that they think wealth taxes should be looked at more by government. that s great, but with all of the research we ve done at the financial times into wealth taxes, when you say to people, what level do you think the wealth tax should come in, they generally always say something that is slightly more than the amount of money being offered. jeff bezos is like, 1 trillion plus! the kind of thing
but on the other side of things, look at wealth taxes. we ve had 100 millionaires turn up at the virtual davos summit writing a letter saying that they think wealth taxes should be looked at more by government. that s great, but with all of the research we ve done at the financial times into wealth taxes, when you say to people, what level do you think the wealth tax should come in, they generally always say something that is slightly more than the amount of money being offered. jeff bezos is like, 1 trillion plus! the kind of thing that would go down so well in the current political atmosphere in the conservative party. this is one of the reasons they ended up with ni, because they said they wouldn t put other taxes up and they are desperate to be able to go into the next general election offering an income tax cut. but we ll see. just as you guys have spelled out lots of reasons why people are going to get hammered, claer and stephanie, can you leave us with the niftiest saving tip t