Fair Tax Week 2022 has just begun. It’s part of an ongoing campaign by the Fair Tax Foundation. The aim is to ensure that when it comes to tax, it isn’t just people like you and me who end up footing the bill. It costs hundreds of billions of pounds to keep the UK tickingContinue reading “Hey Big Spender…”
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Social Care in the Spotlight
As a local Councillor I try to keep my weekly articles focused on local issues. However, in this article I want to consider what’s been going on this week in Parliament, namely the big vote on raising National Insurance to pay for Social Care. This is one of those moments when a decision taken inContinue reading “Social Care in the Spotlight”
Ending Corporate Tax Avoidance
For our local economy to thrive it’s vital that local businesses are not disadvantaged for playing by the rules on tax, whilst larger corporations avoid paying their fair share. On Thursday evening the full council met for its bi-monthly formal meeting. As we’re still quite early in the municipal year we haven’t yet got intoContinue reading “Ending Corporate Tax Avoidance”
Wilson’s Weekly 