50p Tax

PREDICT: What Will The Government U-Turn On Next?

The Huffington Post UK \ | Chris Wimpress | Posted 29.05.2012 | UK Politics

Another week, another series of U-turns - at least that's how it feels. The news that the pasty tax has proved too hot too handle and the caravan tax ...

Noisy PMQs Sees Cameron On The Ropes

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 18.04.2012 | UK Politics

Well what do you know, a PMQs followed some unemployment statistics that weren't bad for the government! And David Cameron wasn't going to let those ...

50p Tax Cut Estimates 'Highly Uncertain', Warn MPs

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 18.04.2012 | UK Politics

Estimates used by George Osborne to justify the axing of the 50p top tax rate are "highly uncertain", an influential group of MPs warned today. The...

Why Did Ed Balls Not Vote Against 50p Tax Last Night?

PA/The Huffington Post UK | HuffPost UK Staff | Posted 26.05.2012 | UK Politics

Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has been mocked by Tories and members of other parties, after he and the vast majority of Labour MPs couldn't be bothered t...

'A Bold Move': Cameron Defends Tax Cut For The Rich

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.03.2012 | UK Politics

David Cameron has defended his government's "bold" decision to cut tax for Britain's highest earners. The prime minister spoke out after Chancellor...

Taxing Times: Backlash Over Granny Tax

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.03.2012 | UK Politics

George Osborne is facing a mounting backlash over his £1 billion "granny tax" raid on the incomes of millions of pensioners. The Chancellor's move...

The Budget 2012 Review: For the Richer or for the Poorer?

Callum Jones | Posted 21.05.2012 | UK Politics
Callum Jones

Coalition budget discussions have not been carried out behind closed doors. They have been testing the waters during these conversations by 'briefing' the press. This is obviously nothing like leaking, which has a completely different name.

Leaks Become Torrents - Our Roundup Of The Sunday Papers

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 18.03.2012 | UK Politics

The way things are going George Osborne's 2012 Budget speech on Wednesday is going to be quite tedious, because almost all of the big items will have ...

50p Tax - Poll Suggest Most Think It Should Remain

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 17.05.2012 | UK Politics

Most voters are against scrapping the 50p tax rate for top earners - including half of Tory supporters, a poll suggested just days before George Osbor...

The Week That Was: World Relations

Carla Buzasi | Posted 17.05.2012 | UK
Carla Buzasi

As mothers across Britain wake up this morning to bunches of flowers, breakfast in bed and handmade cards, it seems appropriate that one of the biggest news stories of the past week was the sharp increase in the number of women taking up board positions across the UK. I say "sharp increase", in practical terms, the headline-making reality is merely that we are on track to exceed the government's recommendation of 25% of FTSE 100 board positions being filled by women by 2015, hardly a victory for equality, but a step in the right direction if nothing else.

Ed Balls : Reverse Tax Breaks For The Rich

PA | Posted 12.05.2012 | UK Politics

The highest-earning 1% should have their pensions tax relief slashed so that cuts to tax credits can be reversed, Labour's top team has urged. Geor...

Clegg's Message To Osborne: Tax The Rich More

PA/The Huffington Post | Posted 11.03.2012 | UK Politics

George Osborne "must" make the wealthiest pay more to help fund tax cuts for the less well off in next week's budget, Nick Clegg will tell his party's...

'Damaging' 50p Tax Rate Should Be Cut, Say Business Leaders

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 06.03.2012 | UK Politics

More than 500 business leaders called today for the "damaging" 50p top rate of tax to be ditched in the budget. Entrepreneurs from across the count...

2012 Budget - Osborne Says No To New Borrowing

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 26.02.2012 | UK Politics

Chancellor George Osborne has warned that any tax cuts in next month's 2012 Budget would have to come from further cuts in public spending, insisting ...

Telegraph: David Cameron Abandons Plans To Scrap 50p Tax - At Least Until 2015

www.telegraph.co.uk | Posted 09.01.2012 | UK Politics

The Prime Minister and George Osborne are understood to have concluded that abolishing the levy is politically impossible in the near future amid fear...

City Leaders Urge George Osborne To Scrap 50p Tax

PA | Posted 10.01.2012 | UK Politics

Axing the 50p tax should be among the "immediate actions" George Osborne takes to shore up Britain's economy against the fallout from the eurozone cri...

The 50p tax Sends the Wrong Message to Entrepreneurs

Professor Mark Harrison | Posted 07.11.2011 | UK Politics
Professor Mark Harrison

George Osborne should ignore the political pressures for maintaining the 50p tax. If we want Britain to succeed in the global economy, our growth message should be that entrepreneurialism and aspiration are welcome in the UK indefinitely.