Mail double standards on mooted tax u-turns
The Mail revealed their true colours today with two headlines on potential tax u-turns by the Labour and Conservative parties. Responding to the possibility of a u-turn by Labour on its pledge to raise the inheritance tax threshold from £325,000 to £350,000, the

UKIP MEP stands by attack on “biased, censoring” BBC
UKIP MEP Godfrey Bloom is refusing to back down from his attack on the BBC in this morning’s Telegraph, in which he said: “The BBC has blocked sceptics of climate change for four years now, no debate is

SNP independence plans criticised as “half baked”
The SNP Government is coming under criticism from all sides as it publishes its White Paper on plans for an independence referendum. Given that Scottish voters seem to have turned against independe

Tory Treasurer’s company to gain £23m from proposed tax reforms
The company founded by Conservative Treasurer Michael Spencer would gain £22.5 million from the corporation tax reforms he is advocating. The generous Tory donor believes that George Osborne may go further than the current Tory policy of slashing corporation tax rates from 28 to 25 per cent. Spencer told the

Politics Summary: Monday, November 30th
A sweeping reform of the tax and welfare systems under which higher earners would finance more generous, universal benefits is needed, according to a new Fabian Society report covered in the Independent. Authors Tim Horton and James Gregory argue that Gordon Brown’s “quiet redistribution” of wealth now lacks public support – a