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Posts Tagged: Tax and Spending

David Gauke: As a non-Tory at the last election, my worry is that this Government won’t be Conservative enough

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.

By David Gauke | 18 January 2020 | 164 comments

John O’Connell: Why supporters of low taxes should be optimistic about this Government

The Prime Minister’s spending commitments sit alongside welcome proposals for devolution and reform.

By John O'Connell | 18 December 2019 | 20 comments

Tom Clougherty: Unless Labour resorts to printing money, higher income tax, NI or VAT are coming – for the many, not the few

That’s a legitimate political agenda, and people are quite welcome to vote for it. But they deserve to know what’s coming.

By Tom Clougherty | 11 December 2019 | 13 comments

John O’Connell: The tax choice ahead. Johnson, and the highest burden since Attlee. Or Corbyn, and…the highest ever.

The tax burden isn’t a full measure of the size of the state. But it’s arguably the pre-eminent factor and certainly that which most concerns the TaxPayers’ Alliance.

By John O'Connell | 9 December 2019 | 28 comments

Now is the time to emphasise the massive tax rises which Labour’s plans would inflict on the nation

Today’s pledge of a swift Tory National Insurance cut is welcome, but more importantly it sets the stage for an attack on Corbyn’s tax grab.

By Mark Wallace | 5 December 2019 | 53 comments

Annabel Denham: Don’t take the business vote for granted

Vague plans to “review” business rates, “clamp down” on late payments, or “reform” Entrepreneurs’ Relief will do little to inspire.

By Annabel Denham | 3 December 2019 | 47 comments

Daniel Hannan: £1 million? £1 billion? £1 trillion? McDonnell is relying on you not knowing the difference.

Labour is banking on our innumeracy. I don’t say that they are taking us for fools. Plenty of clever and educated people can’t process numbers on that scale.

By Daniel Hannan MEP | 27 November 2019 | 175 comments

Ryan Bourne: Five myths about the Labour manifesto

Who will their taxes really hit? How much will they truly raise? And can this really be described as a ‘moderate’ agenda?

By Ryan Bourne | 27 November 2019 | 18 comments

Lord Ashcroft: The Tories hold steady, while Labour firms up its Leaver vote. Week Three of my General Election Dashboard.

When forced to choose, people prefer a Boris Johnson government to a Corbyn government by a ten-point margin, down from 12 points last week.

By Lord Ashcroft | 26 November 2019 | 31 comments

Sajid Javid: “The direct cost of Corbyn is confirmed: £1.2 trillion of extra spending over the next five years.”

And, the Chancellor notes in his Bolton speech, that excludes 59 Labour policies “which don’t have enough detail for us to cost fairly”.

By Sajid Javid MP | 26 November 2019 | 56 comments

The Conservatives are accused of being fiscally reckless and fiscally over-cautious. Which is it?

Corbyn has made it safer to indulge the Tory leadership’s willingness to spend. But there are signs of at least some restraint.

By Mark Wallace | 25 November 2019 | 54 comments

WATCH: Javid promises transparent costings of every manifesto commitment

The Chancellor says that the party will publish “the most detailed, most transparent costings that have ever been published in British electoral history”.

24 November 2019 | 16 comments

WATCH: Only the top five per cent will pay more income tax under Labour, says McDonnell

He says: “95 per cent of earners will not have an increase in their income tax rates or VAT or national insurance”.

24 November 2019 | 26 comments

The Labour manifesto: “incredible”/”simply not credible”, “fully costed”/not fully costed

Their manifesto doesn’t provide any costings for their most expensive plans. The IFS says their tax pledge is not believable. But will they get away with it?

By Mark Wallace | 21 November 2019 | 97 comments

Like or dislike Johnson’s Corporation Tax freeze, it’s an acutely targeted message

The CBI provided the stage for the Prime Minister, but he treated them mean to keep a very different audience keen.

By Mark Wallace | 19 November 2019 | 27 comments

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