Don’t blame the immigrants – blame the rich
Get angry, get furious, but get angry at the right people.
Get angry, get furious, but get angry at the right people.
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.
On Friday, the Daily Telegraph published an article by Fraser Nelson arguing, essentially, that we should not make a fuss about the rise of the super-rich.
This month’s labour market statistics continue the same pattern we have seen in recent months: small improvements in overall employment and unemployment but youth unemployment and long-term unemployment not going anywhere much.
Left Foot Forward makes the case for a mansion tax based on the fact that within the current council tax system the rich do not pay their fair share.