Over this period, the UK’s economic growth was level with the US’s and exceeded the other five members of the G7. In other words, on international comparisons, we did well.
It would lay the foundations for a more equitable tax system, as well as helping to boost post-Covid economic growth.
The Conservatives should think about the implications of what would happen if Labour got serious on this issue.
Conservative messaging implies an implicit belief that there are no major state functions ripe for reform in any fiscal repair.
Modest consolidation over decades is one thing; large increases over a Parliament would be quite another.
In the first piece of a mini-series, our guest author also argues the Government should look again at IR35, and make it more worthwhile to work.
Who will their taxes really hit? How much will they truly raise? And can this really be described as a ‘moderate’ agenda?
The third piece in our series this week about what the Conservative Manifesto should look like.
Targeted tax breaks on investment create jobs and pay dividends for the public purse. The long-term interests of our public services are not served by cutting them.
Alex Morton and the rest of our research team have spent weeks crunching the numbers to ensure that they stack up
Under the current regime, the tax avoidance measure is to simply hang onto the property until death. The Chancellor should fix that flaw.
In the post-leave springtime, it will be worth considering what would happen if all three were abolished and replaced by a single Turnover Tax.
A Council Tax revaluation, and higher bands for higher value properties, would be an acceptable price to pay in return for the abolition of Stamp Duty, too.
We need to give more time and resource to those bringing up children. Such parents need a much better package from the state to look after a baby in the first year of its life.