Taxation
Progressive approaches to raising tax
A supertax on bankers and a mansion tax should be among the tax raising policies considered in closing the deficit.
Cameron must drop IHT pledge to be a true progressive
This week the Progressive Conservatism Project at Demos published twelve tests that Cameron must meet by 2012 to fulfil his pledge to have governed as a progressive. One in particular stands out. The Conservatives cannot credibly claim to be progressive while supporting a cut in inheritance tax.
Refuting the TaxPayers’ Alliance on ‘cap and trade’ (Part 2)
The TPA have responded to my blog this morning “TaxPayers’ Alliance US scare tactics uncovered” with an attempt to justify […]
TaxPayers’ Alliance’s US scare tactics uncovered
Matthew Elliott, chief executive of the right wing pressure group TaxPayers’ Alliance and a former adviser to Conservative Party parliamentarians, […]
Public “in denial” over spending cuts
The RSA’s fringe event at Labour party conference focused on how the public is in "denial" about the necessity of public spending cuts. Ben Page, CEO of Ipsos-MORI, set out that voters are "in denial" over spending cuts.
UK economy can aborb higher taxes
The major parties seem to agree that public spending cuts will have to bear the brunt of the effort to reduce the deficit because higher taxes would be worse for the economy than spending cuts. This consensus is based on a view that countries with higher taxes perform less well than countries with lower taxes. In fact, the long-run evidence to support this claim is flimsy.