Tag: tax

Why Is It so Expensive to Be Poor?

Utilities, tax, rent and work – charging people for poverty is an industry worth billions.
Little Evidence Corporation Tax Scares Off Multinationals, Says Report
A new report from IPPR exposes the myth that corporation tax hikes lead to big businesses relocating. Instead, the report argues, new measures - and higher taxes - are necessary to bring in the tax the public is owed.
We Don’t Need a Low Tax Economy for the Rich

Today Labour’s draft election manifesto was leaked. Many policies in it, from eliminating tuition fees to building new social housing, will be paid through increasing tax on high income earners and the profits of large corporations. Higher tax in these areas wouldn’t make Britain the exception, it would make it normal.

Between the Lines: Gary Barlow’s Tax Avoidance Plot In His Own Words
Gary Barlow, reinvented has-been, was recently rumbled for avoiding millions in unpaid tax. Cue a Twitter 'backlash' and pointed fingers. When this happened to Jimmy Carr for the comparatively paltry sum of half a million, he was made an example of by the PM. This time Cameron has advised that no action be taken. Unrelatedly, Barlow is a Conservative party donor. As a 'national treasure' gets dragged to the stocks, we take a look at the clues Barlow's been laying out for us all along.