Capital Economics Suggests Andy Burnham Could Turn to Wealth Taxes to Fund Key Pledges

Wesley Key: Here's how Burnham should fund social care reform

Dr Wesley Key is a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Lincoln & was a Welfare Rights Home Visiting Officer for an older people’s charity for 17 years With reform of the social care system in England a high priority for Andy Burnham, public appetite for further tax rises is likely to be limited, given that the government has already raised more than £70bn worth of taxes over the last two years. Couple this with growing debt int…

Social care is greatest financial risk you face - Andy Burnham faces nightmare choice

HARVEY JONES: Saving enough money for retirement is difficult enough. Funding social care is even harder.

Wesley Key: Here’s how Burnham should fund social care reform

Dr Wesley Key is a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Lincoln & was a Welfare Rights Home Visiting Officer for an older people’s charity for 17 years With reform of the Social Care system in England a high priority for Andy Burnham, public appetite for further tax rises is likely to...

Capital Economics suggests Andy Burnham could turn to wealth taxes to fund key pledges

A new paper from Capital Economics suggests that the new Prime Minister may move away from recent trend of increasing the burden on businesses – long bemoaned by companies as placing an unfair burden on their finances.