Manifestnose
“A lie keeps growing and growing until it’s as clear as the nose on your face.”
We shouldn’t raise National Insurance, we should scrap it
National Insurance should be scrapped and rolled into Income Tax, Ben Cope argues.
Comment: Mitchell and Osborne are the least of our troubles
Ignore George Osborne’s fiasco over first class rail and Andrew Mitchell’s ‘pleb’ outburst. The real scandal is the government’s refusal to support small-and-medium-sized British businesses.
Comment: Illegal immigrants are keeping Brits out of work
Illegal immigrants are working in the UK and being issued with national insurance numbers. This makes no sense when so many Brits are desperately searching for jobs.
Cameron: Tories still tax-cutters
By politics.co.uk staff David Cameron has insisted the Tory party and the coalition government are still for tax cuts. And it is reported than an emergency Budget will include tax cuts for lower-paid workers. The prime minister was criticised yesterday for agreeing to rises in capital gains tax and national insurance, which some have said […]
More economists back Labour
By Sam Dale Labour is claiming the support of another 31 economists, making a total of 108, for their planned national insurance tax rise next year. Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz was a signatory to a letter opposing Conservative plans to scrap the rise and fund it through an extra £6 billion efficiency savings this year. […]
Video: Last PMQs before election
David Cameron questions Gordon Brown on national insurance in the last prime minister’s questions before the general election:
Conservatives call for business tax break
David Cameron has outlined new tax incentives for businesses who employ people that have been on unemployment benefit for three months or more. He says the proposals are “fully funded transparent” tax reforms which will create new jobs and fight unemployment as the economy enters recession. Repeating his assertion that the Conservatives would “not stand […]
Cheers for 2p tax cut fade quickly
Gordon Brown confirmed his reputation as an economists’ chancellor today with Budget 2007 unveiling a surprise reform of the tax system. The chancellor ended his final Budget to the sound of cheers as he announced the base rate of income tax will be cut by two pence to 20 per cent from next April, in […]
