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Posts Tagged: Tax and Spending

Frederick Shepherd: The virus brings with it another invisible enemy. A mental health crisis.

When a drop in the curve of the virus is seen, the public’s health mustn’t be endangered by a blinkered pursuit of balancing the books.

By Frederick Shepherd | 13 April 2020 | 28 comments

David Gauke: The virus – and my journey from serving as Lord Chancellor to volunteering to stack shelves

Plus: Treasury and Work & Pensions lessons. Greenlighters v the rest. Remembering Attlee’s surplus. And: the key question now is “how”, not “what”.

By David Gauke | 28 March 2020 | 71 comments

The virus. Why Johnson fell. Why Johnson flourished. Two first drafts of history from 2024.

Two extreme versions of what happens next in Britain. Events are more likely to end up somewhere in the middle.

By Paul Goodman | 27 March 2020 | 111 comments

John Redwood: Why I, as a strong supporter of the market economy, back the Government’s emergency economic measures

The reason we will get away with it again, as we did in the banking crash, is that there is so much deflation around, inflation is not a problem.

By Sir John Redwood MP | 25 March 2020 | 159 comments

Ryan Bourne: The upside-world of virus economics. And why we free marketeers must adapt our usual ways of thinking.

The theoretical aim of policy then should be bridging over what is hopefully a short pause in activity – eliminating near-term distress for households and businesses.

By Ryan Bourne | 18 March 2020 | 18 comments

The economy and the virus. Tear up the rulebook – we need Big State Government on a scale unknown in modern times.

The implications of the crisis are such that Johnson and Sunak need not so much to think outside the box as to trample it to tatters altogether.

By Paul Goodman | 17 March 2020 | 189 comments

Richard Holden: How the Budget will help former Red Wall seats in the north – like the one I represent

The fact that Darlington station was explicitly addressed in his statement is a great sign of how swiftly the Chancellor has mastered the detail of his brief.

By Richard Holden MP | 16 March 2020 | 11 comments

Budget 1) This was less a Conservative Budget than “the People’s Budget”. From a Vote Leave Government – not the usual Tory one.

It may be necessary, given the Coronavirus, and could even work. But Britain has a long, long record of state spending failing to turbo-charge growth.

By Paul Goodman | 12 March 2020 | 151 comments

The Budget we want will have to wait

The Coronavirus will punch a hole in Sunak’s sums sufficient to throw levelling-up, Boosterism, Brexit bonuses – what have you – off course.

By Paul Goodman | 10 March 2020 | 141 comments

Nick King: The Chancellor should look to Laffer for Budget inspiration and cut taxes

The Treasury often fails to recognise the potential benefits of lower taxes, because they don’t properly factor in how behaviour changes.

By Nick King | 5 March 2020 | 26 comments

Tim Pitt: Sunak should walk in Howe’s footsteps and make the Conservative case for tax rises

We are in danger of losing sight of the simple truth which has been a favoured phrase of Tory politicians through the ages: borrowing today is simply taxation deferred.

By Tim Pitt | 3 March 2020 | 41 comments

John Redwood: In this post-Brexit budget, Sunak should spend more, cut taxes and raise borrowing

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.

By John Redwood MP | 25 February 2020 | 137 comments

Robert Palmer: Johnson needs to walk the walk on rebalancing tax to win the ‘Red Wall’ for good

Blanket calls for higher wealth taxes may play poorly, but plenty of specific measures poll well and these voters are not crying out for tax cuts.

By Robert Palmer | 19 February 2020 | 41 comments

Ryan Bourne: The real Budget question on borrowing is not “could we?” but “should we?”

My answer would be “maybe, provided the spending or tax cuts significantly improved our growth potential.”

By Ryan Bourne | 19 February 2020 | 11 comments

The Treasury fights back. How it plans to drive radical reform – and become “the Government’s internal think tank”

Would the Government have the bottle for planning, childcare and police overhauls – and will Downing Street sign up to this plan anyway?

By Paul Goodman | 3 February 2020 | 76 comments

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