From the editor
From the editor.
I. Understand how the £100,000 cliff and the frozen tax bands work before you plan around a pay rise. As James lays out, fiscal drag and the personal-allowance taper mean the figure on an offer and the figure in your account have drifted apart — worth knowing which side of an edge you're on.
II. Give one afternoon this weekend to something that produces nothing. Henry's right that the sold-out stadium is a preview, not a distraction: the skill worth practising for a lighter-working future is choosing meaning that pays nothing back. Wimbledon, the rugby, or your own version of it.
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