This budget fails to live up to Andy Burnham’s grand rhetoric | Letters
Source: The Guardian ·
Caitlin Boswell of Tax Justice UK and others on what Aditya Chakrabortty described as a ‘Martin Lewis budget’Aditya Chakrabortty was spot-on in his analysis of John Healey’s budget (Burnham promised big change – where was it? Instead we got the Martin Lewis budget, 28 October). It was a drop in the ocean of what is needed to bring about the scale of change this country needs and, importantly,…
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Aditya Chakrabortty was spot-on in his analysis of John Healey’s budget (Burnham promised big change – where was it? Instead we got the Martin Lewis budget, 28 October). It was a drop in the ocean of what is needed to bring about the scale of change this country needs and, importantly, was promised by Andy Burnham. As the affordability crisis rages on, people may feel some relief at the small cost of living measures announced for households and businesses. But when we’ve been told we’ll get a wholesale reset and an end to neoliberalism, 4p off the price of gherkins and a temporary tiny bank tax isn’t going to cut it. So, what’s the solution? The government must fairly tax the vast fortunes of the richest people and corporations, left mostly untouched. Recouping the massive wealth and profits siphoned off to shady tax havens each year, equalising how the tax system treats income from wealth and work, and building HMRC’s capacity to properly measure and collect tax from the very…