Voters prefer spending on public services over tax cuts, poll finds
Sunak has placed a greater emphasis on cutting taxes, which shows just how out of touch the Tories are with the demands of the rest of the country.
Sunak has placed a greater emphasis on cutting taxes, which shows just how out of touch the Tories are with the demands of the rest of the country.
With the Tories trailing Labour by 20 points, Conservative MPs are pushing Sunak to scrap inheritance tax in the Spring budget.
“There is an argument for a basic income as far as I’m concerned.”
The millionaires are urging Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to tax the wealthy to help fund public services for all, rather than considering tax cuts.
“Overall, the government is unlikely to charter a new course for the economy or provide relief for millions of households though with an eye on next year’s general election it may throw a crumb or two to bribe the electorate.”
‘Those earning the most in our society should be paying a fairer share.’
Billions of pounds won’t be recovered by the tax authority at a time when the government insists that it doesn’t have the money to give hard-pressed public sector workers pay rises.
‘The question of how we raise the funds for our ambitious plans will be absolutely critical to the success of a Starmer government.’
“The eye-watering £42bn now owed to HMRC in unpaid taxes would have filled a lot of this year’s infamous public spending black hole”
While the Tories have been busy telling us that they can’t afford to invest more in public services, it’s emerged that a fall in tax investigations carried out by HMRC has cost the government £9 billion. The FT reports: “HMRCtest