Comments on: Lib Dem tax policy “fails the fairness test”: IFS says so too https://leftfootforward.org/2010/04/lib-dem-tax-policy-%e2%80%9cfails-the-fairness-test%e2%80%9d-ifs-says-so-too/ Left Foot Forward is the home for UK progressives. We provide evidence-based analysis on British politics, news and policy. Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:35:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 By: Shamik Das https://leftfootforward.org/2010/04/lib-dem-tax-policy-%e2%80%9cfails-the-fairness-test%e2%80%9d-ifs-says-so-too/comment-page-9/#comment-163044 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:35:52 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=12448#comment-163044 The Coalition's smoke and mirrors on shifting round taxes benefits those further up the income scale not down it: #pmqs http://t.co/4qbdiYop

]]> By: Andy Sutherland https://leftfootforward.org/2010/04/lib-dem-tax-policy-%e2%80%9cfails-the-fairness-test%e2%80%9d-ifs-says-so-too/comment-page-9/#comment-54288 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 07:45:06 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=12448#comment-54288 And for all those LimpDems still in Cleggstasy about his "lifting millions out of tax" – that's regressive too http://bit.ly/dvdCQW

]]> By: Clegg’s £10k tax allowance is no Tory concession; it’s a Tory dream « Dnmufc's Blog https://leftfootforward.org/2010/04/lib-dem-tax-policy-%e2%80%9cfails-the-fairness-test%e2%80%9d-ifs-says-so-too/comment-page-8/#comment-26249 Wed, 19 May 2010 19:14:39 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=12448#comment-26249 […] (even though our main points were subsequently validated by the Institute for Fiscal Studies’ own analysis).Their central complaint, however, was that we hadn’t taken into account the fact that the […]

]]> By: Matt Wallace https://leftfootforward.org/2010/04/lib-dem-tax-policy-%e2%80%9cfails-the-fairness-test%e2%80%9d-ifs-says-so-too/comment-page-8/#comment-25695 Mon, 17 May 2010 16:28:07 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=12448#comment-25695 @PompeyGoat Infer bias all you want, but those economists and the IFS -> http://bit.ly/bxISGu both say its not redistributive to the poor.

]]> By: Clegg’s 10k tax allowance is no Tory concession; it's a Tory dream | Left Foot Forward https://leftfootforward.org/2010/04/lib-dem-tax-policy-%e2%80%9cfails-the-fairness-test%e2%80%9d-ifs-says-so-too/comment-page-8/#comment-24153 Wed, 12 May 2010 17:26:39 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=12448#comment-24153 […] (even though our main points were subsequently validated by the Institute for Fiscal Studies’ own analysis). Their central complaint, however, was that we hadn’t taken into account the fact that the […]

]]> By: Vote 2010: An election reflection | Left Foot Forward https://leftfootforward.org/2010/04/lib-dem-tax-policy-%e2%80%9cfails-the-fairness-test%e2%80%9d-ifs-says-so-too/comment-page-8/#comment-22324 Thu, 06 May 2010 06:32:23 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=12448#comment-22324 […] their approach to Trident and climate change. But much of their policy – particularly on tax, banking reform, and immigration – requires further […]

]]> By: Philip Giddings https://leftfootforward.org/2010/04/lib-dem-tax-policy-%e2%80%9cfails-the-fairness-test%e2%80%9d-ifs-says-so-too/comment-page-8/#comment-21782 Wed, 05 May 2010 05:52:14 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=12448#comment-21782 The LibDem 10k personal allowance would benefit me and other working people on extreme povery pay who currently get NO minimum wage, no benefits and no tax credits. I’m ‘self-employed’ averaging £3-4 an hour. No, that wasn’t a typo, I said £3-4 an hour.

Labour has frozen personal allowances for years at around 5K, which has hit the poorest hardest. I’m forced work 60+ hours a week to pay mortgage and bills and live below benefit levels, in squalor and isolation. Why should I pay taxes for someone with a family, a decent home and a decent job that pays 50k a year to get child tax credits?

]]> By: gimpy https://leftfootforward.org/2010/04/lib-dem-tax-policy-%e2%80%9cfails-the-fairness-test%e2%80%9d-ifs-says-so-too/comment-page-7/#comment-21240 Mon, 03 May 2010 11:32:09 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=12448#comment-21240 @bengoldacre ref for that last tweet http://bit.ly/b5Tp5d

]]> By: Marq Hugh https://leftfootforward.org/2010/04/lib-dem-tax-policy-%e2%80%9cfails-the-fairness-test%e2%80%9d-ifs-says-so-too/comment-page-7/#comment-20910 Sat, 01 May 2010 13:22:34 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=12448#comment-20910 RT @leftfootfwd: Lib Dem tax policy “fails the fairness test”: IFS says so too http://bit.ly/anrnps

]]> By: Felix Cohen https://leftfootforward.org/2010/04/lib-dem-tax-policy-%e2%80%9cfails-the-fairness-test%e2%80%9d-ifs-says-so-too/comment-page-7/#comment-20884 Sat, 01 May 2010 10:11:29 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=12448#comment-20884 @dominiccampbell This? http://bit.ly/aZIgwe possibly reasonable, but I think the solutions aren't tax but social in the bottom 10%.

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