Cameron’s memoirs offer a hint of where the occupant of Number 11 may look to raise property taxes instead.
If the Daily Telegraph catches a whiff of threatened tax rises, it will offer pretty robust coverage.
Plus: A sofa, two dogs, no cup of tea – and my Brexit evening. And: the pre-eminence of Policy Exchange.
Ministers have been asked to push the Government’s priorities – tackling crime, funding the NHS, “levelling up”. How can these be effected without faster growth?
As a former Chief Secretary to the Treasury, I am uneasy about the bail-out of Flybe. Every time a private business is bailed out by the taxpayer, the pressure grows.
A new book explains why building land is prohibitively expensive.
Plus: Open regional Tory offices but don’t take CCHQ out of London. The coming IR35 disaster. And: where will you be on January 31?
We in the regions must accept that it will be up to us to provide the detailed data that will help to monitor the success of investment made.
He is tipped by some as a future Prime Minister, but is more plausibly seen as a future Chancellor.
Johnson will be able to call on the advice and views of the Party’s own Muslim MPs, who now include Saqib Bhatti and Imran Ahmad-Khan.
Johnson is a self-described “Brexity Hezza” and now has the chance to mould a Party and country in his own romantic image.
Simply scrapping higher rate tax relief would be an act of fiscal hooliganism, but the Chancellor has other options available to him.