WATCH: Cameron argues for limits on publishing MPs’ taxes
He claims there is a “strong case” for the Prime Minister, Chancellor, and their Shadows to publish their returns, but not other Parliamentarians.
He claims there is a “strong case” for the Prime Minister, Chancellor, and their Shadows to publish their returns, but not other Parliamentarians.
The Prime Minister’s decision to publish his tax return has big knock-on implications for his colleagues, and perhaps for himself too.
We have long believed that those who build wealth in our nation should be able to pass on the fruits of their work to their children and grandchildren.
The fabricated row over inheritance tax is a non-story. But the Parliamentary Party won’t thank him for setting a precedent.
Self-governing democracies are entitled to choose their own tax rates.
However persuading the public to celebrate wealth creation is more of a challenge.
“I think a lot of the criticisms are based on a fundamental misconception – that the company was set up to avoid tax.”
The Prime Minister appears to have done nothing wrong, though he has mishandled the Blairmore Holdings allegations. Here’s how Downing Street could do better.
Plus: The Government’s push to rig the EU referendum: guilty as charged. Cameron and tax: innocent until or unless proved otherwise. And: my shoulder freezes over.
The Panama leak is a boost for tax puritans – and for people like John McDonnell, who are even worse.
If there were a simple way for the exchequers of the world to get their hands on more money, you can be sure they’d have tried it by now.
The New National Living Wage comes into effect today. And over the next seven days, we will deliver tax cuts, help for savers and the single-tier state pension.
The Budget ducked the hard choices that need to be made.
When more than 30 million of us regularly drink wine, why does the pub – not the wine bar – continue to represent political expediency?
The notion of long years of post-career idleness is an artefact of a clumsy system. We are living and active for longer, and provision for our dotage must adapt.