New research shows that Britain raises more tax from wealth than any country in the OECD. More than Spain, Norway and Switzerland – the three European countries that have a stated wealth tax…
A huge number of countries have tried and abandoned wealth taxes. Even the leftist ones…
Even online tax commentator Dan Neidle, a member of the Labour Party who sat on its most senior disciplinary body until last year, backed the report:
“The UK’s greatest problems are anaemic economic growth and a lack of supply of housing. An annual wealth tax offers no solution to either, and risks actively hindering the growth we desperately need. This paper does an important job of shifting the debate: if we want to tackle inequality, the answer isn’t an unworkable new tax; it’s building homes and letting more people build wealth of their own.”
The Institute of Economic Affairs’ new report today shows that wealth inequality is lower than at almost any point in the last century with the wealthiest 1% owning 22%. The EU average is 25% and in the US it is 35%…
The report, by Dr Kristian Niemietz, finds that the UK’s unusually high taxes on asset ownership, asset transfers, capital gains, and income derived from assets sets it against international peers. Has anyone told Zack Polanski or is he too busy posting videos about Greta’s Gaza flotilla?
Read the full report and its proposals below:
Starmer spoke to Nick Robinson for the Today Programme on Polanski’s criticism of the Golders Green police officers:
“I want everybody just to imagine what it might be like. You’re trying to arrest someone who has already attacked two people and has no regard for life. We know that tasers were fired. I know from my own experience with the police, that there are only two shots in a taser, and once you’ve shot them, there’s nothing left. There’s a guy on the ground, he’s got a rucksack on. And I don’t know what was going through the mind of those officers, but if I was there, I’d be thinking, he’s going to detonate something. He’s going to blow me up and everybody around here. In those circumstances, I think you can quite see why what could have gone through their mind is, we need to do whatever we can to disable this guy…
Now, when I then see Zack Polanski come out and retweet or support a criticism of that, I think it’s disgraceful… He’s not fit to lead any political party.”