income tax
Three proposed tax cuts that are anything but progressive
Some of the tax cuts being proposed by the Tories and the Lib Dems sound good, but in reality they are highly regressive.
‘All hail the rich’ – the reality behind tory tax claims
Right-wingers have been exalting the contribution of the UK’s richest 1 per cent to income tax revenue over recent months. However it’s worth looking at the detail behind these figures.
Tackling inequality is not palatable to parts of the UK’s business community
Away from the rarefied atmosphere of Davos, the reality of tackling inequality is not at all palatable to elements of the UK's business community.
How ‘insignificant’ really is 50p tax revenue?
So did the 50p rate of tax - introduced by Alistair Darling in 2009 - really raise a "statistically insignificant" sum, as the Independent's editorial put it?
Scottish Labour to consider devolution of income tax
Scottish Labour’s annual conference will this weekend consider calls for Holyrood to gain powers over all income tax in Scotland.
Nail in the electoral coffin? Romney insults 47% of voters
Mitt Romney’s run of self inflicted electoral harm continues. Yesterday Mother Jones released a video that revealed his opinion of […]