The Times and Telegraph splash on Conservative plans to raise taxes on wealth. Our research shows this would be popular with the public *and* with Conservative voters 1/

Our 3,000 person poll in March found 74% of people want to see the wealthy paying more tax - inc 64% of Conservatives. 2/

We also found support for the three policy ideas floated today - taxing capital gains at the same rate as income tax, reducing the pension tax benefits that go to the rich & increasing corporation tax 3/

All three polices saw majority support from Conservatives. The idea that Conservative voters will punish the government for making these reforms is wrong 4/

In two weeks @TaxJusticeUK will release its final report into public attitudes on public spending, tax and wealth based on two large polls and 11 focus groups. The research was carried out around the country before and during lockdown 5/

There is growing momentum for change. The @thesundaytimes backed these measures today. Snr former Conservative advisors such as @Will_Tanner & @TimPitt11 are also getting on board 6/ https://twitter.com/will_tanner/status/1299948758868938752

As we build back better from coronavirus we need to reform the tax system to tackle inequality and support public services 7/

Ps raising taxes in the middle of a recession is bad economics. But changing the tax system to make it fairer in the long term is necessary and makes sense