British voters move left on the economy, as Liz Truss drags it to the right
Enthusiasm is growing in Britain for higher taxes and spending on public services, and redistribution of wealth.
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How public support for tax and spend has surged
Fifty two per cent of voters support higher taxes and public spending, and just 6 per cent want them cut.
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Liz Truss risks spectacular failure with her “pro-growth” gamble
At the heart of Trussonomics is a belief in cutting taxes to achieve growth. But markets aren’t so sure.
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Will Liz Truss’ gamble on growth pay off?
There are already doubts among Tory MPs about the viability of the plans.
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Liz Truss and Joe Biden are at odds over trickle-down economics
The Prime Minister and the President will hold a bilateral meeting while in New York for the UN General Assembly.
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Liz Truss’s National Insurance cut would fail to help Britain’s poorest
The Tory front-runner’s proposal would save the poorest tenth of households just 76p per month.
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Trussonomics explained: Can Liz Truss save the economy?
There is no reason to believe that Liz Truss’s tax policy would pay for itself or reduce inflation.
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Why Britain’s decline resembles the fall of Rome
Under craven, venal, populist leaders, countries can lose their way frighteningly fast. Just ask the Romans.
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Sunak’s tax cut pledge is a desperate attempt to keep up with Liz Truss
The more the former chancellor moves into Truss’s space on tax cuts, the more credibility he loses.
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The murky case of the tax expert, the Chancellor and his lawyers
The lawyer Dan Neidle reflects on how Nadhim Zahawi’s solicitors sought to shut down his inquiries.
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Rishi Sunak’s tax cut U-turn means he knows he is losing
The former chancellor’s pledge to cut VAT on energy bills shows he is dancing to Liz Truss’s tune.
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As the Tory leadership candidates obsess over tax cuts, the real monsters are tapping at the window
The climate emergency can no longer be dismissed by politicians – even if some voters don’t regard it as a…
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The Red Wall wants levelling up, not tax cuts
Leadership contenders forget the Tories were voted in on that condition.
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What would tax cuts mean for public services?
Conservative leadership candidates have promised to slash tax but have neglected to discuss funding for the NHS, schools and social…
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Wealth in the UK has surged but wealth taxes have not
Since 1980 wealth in the UK has risen by 174 per cent but wealth tax revenue has risen by just…
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Leader: The great moving right show
Rather than advancing a new vision for the country, the Tory candidates are taking refuge in outdated orthodoxies.
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Why the Tories don’t care about deficits anymore
Today’s leadership contenders barely mention the thing that dominated British politics for a decade.
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Tory leadership candidates’ zeal for tax cuts could cost the UK billions
Conservative contenders are forgetting that the government stimulates the economy by spending.
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How a UK corporation tax rate of 15 per cent would compare globally
The proposal by Tory leadership candidates would leave the UK with the lowest corporate tax rate in the G20.
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The Tory leadership candidates are desperately short of new ideas
Free-market dogma is no solution to the UK’s living standards crisis.
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