Comments on: Lib Dem tax policy “fails the fairness test”

By: Would raising the tax threshold actually help the poorest? | Liberal Conspiracy

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:00:35 +0000

[...] the allowance is usually talked of by Nick Clegg has a way to help the low paid and struggling, but as analysis by Howard Reed and Tim Horton pointed out in 2010, the distributional gains are hardly progressive. • the measure would do [...]

By: Osborne's tax cut is not as big or fair as you think | Left Foot Forward

Osborne's tax cut is not as big or fair as you think | Left Foot Forward — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 09:15:04 +0000

[...] Left Foot Forward has repeatedly pointed out, raising the tax threshold – a key plank of the Liberal Democrats’ [...]

By: Tom Yates

Tom Yates — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 11:39:05 +0000

@DrEvanHarris @edballsmp Ok! Could start by stopping £17bn give away to everyone except the poorest in society – http://tinyurl.com/6ho83pp

By: Lib Dems' tax threshold policy robs Peter to pay Paul | Left Foot Forward

Lib Dems' tax threshold policy robs Peter to pay Paul | Left Foot Forward — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:32:07 +0000

[...] cost the average family £389 per year – more than double. The policy is also – as Left Foot Forward has previously shown – an expensive and regressive way to target help at the lowest paid. Share | Permalink | [...]

By: Tom McTague

Tom McTague — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:57:13 +0000

RT @wdjstraw [taking the poor out of tax] a v expensive way to target support (http://bit.ly/9KPWKf ) >but simpler/more popular than credits

By: Will Straw

Will Straw — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:43:16 +0000

@faisalislam And it's a very expensive (and regressive) way to target support for the low paid: http://bit.ly/9KPWKf

By: Winning the argument on taxation is the key to reviving the left | rayhanhaque

Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:20:41 +0000

[...] it must be progressive. This means seriously re-considering the merits of personal allowances. Analysis conducted by Left Foot Forward has demonstrated the regressive nature of income allowances, which [...]

By: The graph that shames Nick Clegg | Left Foot Forward

The graph that shames Nick Clegg | Left Foot Forward — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:50:09 +0000

[...] is a very poor way of helping low-income households – see our earlier posts on this policy from March, April, May and June 2010. Nor are any of these regressive effects unknown to the Lib Dems, whose [...]

By: Jo C

Jo C — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:17:11 +0000

@TiggerTherese found link:
http://www.leftfootforward.org/2010/03/lib-dem-tax-policy-fails-the-fairness-test/

By: The Coalition’s misleading austerity rhetoric « Gregg McClymont

The Coalition’s misleading austerity rhetoric « Gregg McClymont — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:11:38 +0000

[...] reducing the size of the public sector. The likely dividend of a balanced budget will be poorly targeted tax cuts like the rise in personal allowances, not increased spending on redistribution or improved public [...]