Tax Wealth to Invest in Social and Physical Infrastructure

Tax Wealth to Invest in Social and Physical Infrastructure

“The Government’s own impact assessment shows that changes to social security are likely to result in an alarming 250,000 more adults and 50,000 children being pushed into poverty.” Professor Özlem Onaran outlines what ought to be the economic priorities of the Labour Government. The expected outcomes of the Chancellor’s Spring Statement were assessed by the Resolution Foundation to mean nothing less than a deep recession for the bottom half of …

Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir objected in Speglinn tonight that the increase in fishing fees constitutes a tax on rural areas. She said that enormous profits have been created in the fishing system but that the nation has not enjoyed the benefits. "This is just a matter of fairness to increase fishing fees. This is not additional taxation. This is pure profit that we are collecting and we intend to use this to strengthen the country's inf…

Tax wealth to invest in social and physical infrastructure

Özlem Onaran outlines what ought to be the economic priorities of the Labour Government. The expected outcomes of the Chancellor’s Spring Statement were assessed by the Resolution Foundation to mean nothing less than a deep recession for the bottom half of society by the Resolution Foundation. The Government’s own impact assessment shows that changes to […]