nhs is famous dumb and has spent years trying to stop using fax machine. £330 million is nothing over a few years.. NHS budget for 2024/25 is circa £242 billion.

the entire annual intake from capital gains tax is £20 million or so

zipy124 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I think you mean £20 billion for that latter figure. This is largely because a significant amount of assets are held in ISA's (£20k a year contribution per person allowed) , or via personal property which is capital gains exempt or in a pension which is again, capital gains exempt.

Thus only the wealthiest are outside these boundaries, and they often will not liquidate holdings until their death to pay inhertiance tax, or in trusts which will liqudiate over decades as they can pay inheritance tax over a very long period.

This is not to mention the large amounts of off-shore holdings.

	▲	mgaunard an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Many people opt for off-shore bonds (which have a number of advantages) which means paying normal tax instead of capital gains, so the capital gains figure doesn't really capture investment as a whole.

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LightBug1 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Don't care. I don't want any of the wankers over there at Palantir involved with the NHS.

(source: a UK voter)

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mhh__ 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Isn't there a led by donkeys campaign you can contribute to rather than adding this entropyless drivel here?

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clort 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

No.

I checked, and you can of course donate to Led By Donkeys either as a one-off or monthly via their web page https://donate.ledbydonkeys.org/ but they don't have a way to contribute to specific campaigns.

Thanks for mentioning them though.

	▲	LightBug1 35 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Donated. Cheers

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Apocryphon 26 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Entropyless? So you’re saying they’re highly efficient?

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LightBug1 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Welcome to the club.