‘Nick Clegg has called for an emergency tax on Britain’s richest people to avoid social unrest as the government battles to end a prolonged recession.
‘Nick Clegg has called for an emergency tax on Britain’s richest people to avoid social unrest as the government battles to end a prolonged recession.
‘In an interview published on Wednesday, the Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat leader said he wanted to persuade his Conservative coalition partners that the most wealthy should share a greater burden of the austerity drive. But the comments are likely to be dismissed as a pre-conference season salvo rather than a realistic signal of forthcoming government policy …
Bernard Jenkin, a senior Conservative backbencher, said the proposal could “strangle the goose that lays the golden egg” … Baroness Susan Kramer, Lib Dem Treasury spokesperson in the Lords, said she had first heard of Mr Clegg’s desire for the tax from the interview in The Guardian and looked forward to hearing the details.’
Financial Times, 29 August 2012
‘Nick Clegg has called for an emergency tax on Britain’s richest people to avoid social unrest as the government battles to end a prolonged recession.
‘Nick Clegg has called for an emergency tax on Britain’s richest people to avoid social unrest as the government battles to end a prolonged recession.
‘In an interview published on Wednesday, the Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat leader said he wanted to persuade his Conservative coalition partners that the most wealthy should share a greater burden of the austerity drive. But the comments are likely to be dismissed as a pre-conference season salvo rather than a realistic signal of forthcoming government policy …
Bernard Jenkin, a senior Conservative backbencher, said the proposal could “strangle the goose that lays the golden egg” … Baroness Susan Kramer, Lib Dem Treasury spokesperson in the Lords, said she had first heard of Mr Clegg’s desire for the tax from the interview in The Guardian and looked forward to hearing the details.’
Financial Times, 29 August 2012