taxes
Budget 2012: The myth that lower taxes for the rich generates more tax revenue
Danny Dorling of the IPPR demolishes the myth, pedalled by George Osborne and the one per cent, that the tax take on the rich rises the less they are taxed.
Budget 2012: It may do nothing for growth, but the fat cats will purr more loudly
Even though the abolition of the 50p tax rate may do nothing for growth, the fat cats will be delighted with George Osborne’s budget, writes Prof. George Irvin.
Balls walks straight into Cameron’s trap
Leading economist Ann Pettifor, co-founder of the think tank PRIME, on how shadow chancellor Ed Balls walked straight into the Tory trap in his LSE speech yesterday.
Tory fare rises are an indirect tax on jobs in London
Clive Efford, Labour MP for Eltham, looks at the impact of Boris Johnson's massive fare rises on London.