It's funny really. Just as I'd given up any expectation of lower taxation from the Conservatives, George Osborne hints at a trio of "funded" tax reliefs. I'm clearly not the only Tory member who had come to believe that the...
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ConservativeHome on 29th Dec 2008 (via conservativehome.blogs.com)
Within an interview for The Sunday Times George Osborne hints at a trio of tax cut pledges in the new year. The Sunday Times' Jonathan Oliver summarises them here but they appear to be tax measures for pensioners (the subject...
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ConservativeHome on 27th Dec 2008 (via conservativehome.blogs.com)
George Osborne has indicated that he would cut income tax, if the economy recovers sufficiently, rather than return VAT to its previous level.
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Telegraph on 4th Jan 2011 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Chancellor George Osborne questions whether the 50p income tax rate is actually raising any extra money, as he hints the band is under review.
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BBCPolitics on 13th Aug 2011 (via bbc.co.uk)
Spending cuts alone will not be enough to rebalance the public finances George Osborne said yesterday paving the way for a Tory government to raise taxes.
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Telegraph on 12th Aug 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
A Conservative government could make "significant" cuts in the rate of corporation tax Shadow Chancellor George Osborne has said.
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Telegraph on 6th Mar 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Council tax would be frozen for the first two years of a Conservative government George Osborne pledged today.
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Telegraph on 29th Sep 2008 (via telegraph.co.uk)
In an interview on Sky News ahead of his Tory conference speech, George Osborne very tantalisingly said he had a big announcement up his sleeve. This time last year, in Blackpool, Osborne made his electrifying announcement about inheritance tax, that proved to be a massive turning point in the fortunes of Labour and the Conservatives. With the benefit of hindsight, we should have seen the council ...
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BoultonAndCo on 29th Sep 2008 (via blogs.news.sky.com)
This from George Osborne, speaking on the Beeb just now: "Spending restraint under Conservatives, tax rises under Labour" This bluntly effective message - that Brown's tax-cuts-now translate to tax-rises-in-future - is perhaps that best chance the Tories have to set the economic narrative. Hat-tip: Politics Home
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Spectator on 18th Nov 2008 (via spectator.co.uk)
Council tax would be frozen for the first two years of a Conservative government Shadow Chancellor George Osborne promised the Tory party conference in Birmingham.
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Telegraph on 29th Sep 2008 (via telegraph.co.uk)