Covid fear-mongering will slash through business confidence SAM COLLINS Businesses need confidence even more than they need good policy. Whispers from government over the need for Plan C and the possibility of a Plan D, before MPs have even voted on Plan B, are just the latest in a long line of public utterances that undermine business confidence – with very real results. Business [...]
There is no defence for air passenger duty; it is a regressive tax which hurts the poor and does nothing for climate change Such has been the tax-raising, big-spending nature of the Budget and its aftermath that those who prefer low taxes and a small state have to find the rays of light where we can. The Chancellor’s willingness to cut the domestic rate of air passenger duty should be seen in this light – it is a [...]
Rehabilitating Blair: Politicians must revive the spirit of radical NHS reform WE NEED to have a serious talk. The topic may be painful. Being faced with the warts of a much-loved figure often is. But it is crueller by far to let it die the death of a thousand cuts, a thousand scandals, and tens of thousands of needless deaths. The NHS – the jewel in [...]
