Scottish Tories offer £150 council tax cut
With the hugely under-reported decision by the Conservatives to stop matching Labour’s spending plans we may soon see tax cuts… Read more »
Conservatives now unlikely to make large changes to UK-wide funding settlement
Another big news day for the TaxPayers’ Alliance. See, for example, the BBC, The Telegraph and The Sun. The reason… Read more »
Tories’ spending pledge will not be repeated
ConservativeHome has learnt that the Tory Party is almost certain not to renew its pledge to match Labour’s spending plans…. Read more »
Osborne: More important than my inheritance tax announcement was my opposition to the Right’s call for general tax cuts
The FT’s coverage of Conservative politics is now amongst the best in what was once known as Fleet Street. Again… Read more »
Osborne calls for cut in corporation tax to stop exodus of businesses
The Shadow Chancellor’s letter to Alistair Darling notes how much Britain’s tax competitiveness has declined under Labour, and attributes to… Read more »
Alan Duncan attacks windfall energy tax as “socialist hatred”
The FT Westminster blog notes that the Tories have broken their silence on the increasingly heated debate within the Labour… Read more »
‘Cameron on Cameron’ highlights: The economy and taxation
Dylan Jones’ new book Cameron on Cameron is a series of interviews with the Conservative leader. Below are some highlights… Read more »
Osborne confirms that he’ll introduce a tax allowance for married couples
Rachel Sylvester recently hinted that George Osborne was opposed to the Conservative leader’s support for a recognition of marriage in… Read more »
Forget tax cuts, says Fox
This morning’s headline news concerns well-sourced speculation that Labour is likely to rewrite its fiscal rules. The increasingly sick public… Read more »
The big idea is social reform
On his blog yesterday Nick Robinson wondered if this website would cheer a forthcoming promise by Nick Clegg to cut… Read more »
‘The Treasury will struggle to afford tax cuts but one thing is far more certain: the economy can’t afford tax rises’
We reported on David Cameron’s big economy speech earlier and mentioned Cameron’s unwillingness to rule out tax rises. There is… Read more »
Cameron to unveil “economic recovery plan”
In a speech this morning David Cameron will unveil the Conservatives’ "economic recovery plan". He will say that we need… Read more »
Tax relief for the poor
Regular readers of this site will know that we hope that the Conservative Party might deliver a year-by-year increase in… Read more »
Sunny George
We haven’t properly reported George Osborne’s speech of yesterday in which he called for encouragement of recycling (FT report). This… Read more »
George Osborne promises lower fuel duty when price of oil is high, higher duty when oil price falls
In one of his more politically important announcements since becoming Shadow Chancellor, George Osborne has promised to introduce relief for… Read more »