Liberal Democrats

  • 01/02/2016

    Books

    OUT NOW - the two-volume study based on the findings of the Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK research. Volume 1 examines the extent of poverty and volume 2 the different dimensions of disadvantage. Published by Policy Press on November 29, 2017.

    Subjects: Deprivation, Families, Government policy, Health, Housing, Income distribution, Labour party, Liberal Democrats, Living standards, Low pay, Low-income households, Parenting, Pensions, Poverty measurement, Unemployment, Universalism, Unpaid labour, Wealth
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  • 29/08/2012

    Clegg calls for one-off wealth levy

    The UK’s wealthiest people could be asked to pay more tax for a limited period, under a suggestion from the Deputy Prime Minister. He said people of ‘very considerable’ wealth should contribute more in order to preserve social cohesion.

    Nick Clegg was being interviewed by the Guardian newspaper ahead of the Liberal Democrats’ annual conference. He suggested new taxes should be drawn up going beyond his party’s existing proposal to impose a ‘mansion tax’ on properties worth more than £2 million. The new tax would also fall on wealth, rather than income. He said:

    ‘If we are going to ask people for more sacrifices over a longer period of time, a longer period of belt tightening as a country, then we just have to make sure that people see it is being done as fairly and as progressively as possible... The action is making sure that very high asset wealth is reflected in the tax system in the way that it isn’t now.’

    Subjects: Government policy, Liberal Democrats, Tax, Wealth
    Category: News stories
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