50p rate

Budget 2012 analysis: 50p cut could cost the coalition

Politics is about perception – and as polls have shown, cutting the 50p rate is deeply unpopular with the public.

Budget 2012 sketch: More tax cuts, Gromit?

The biggest cheer during this year’s Budget was not about the top rate of income tax, or extra cash for businesses, or that the economic forecasts are improving. It was about whether Wallace and Gromit would remain in the UK.