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This week's spending review is going to leave the Tories with a hugely significant strategic decision for the next decade. It can be the low tax party, or the party

Parts of the left seem desperate to turn the debate about the appropriate economic response to Covid into a rerun of the debate from the last decade over public spending.

6 weeks ago there was optimism econ could bounce back quickly post-lockdown. Reality is now that next phase will be “new normal” of learning to live with Covid until a

This graph from Martin Wolf’s piece today shows the terrifying economic impact of Covid – and why governments are rightly throwing the kitchen sink at trying to protect economies. Yet

Given speculation since the summer of the Tories looking at radical tax cuts - HRT to 80k; IHT abolition; slashing corp tax; abolishing stamp duty to £500k - final tax