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GEORGE OSBORNE was accused yesterday of turning Britain into a “rainy Dubai” after revealing plans to slash corporation tax to just 15 per cent.
The Chancellor has claimed that Britain must become a “super competitive economy” to survive after Britain leaves the European Union.
Millionaire Mr Osborne, who could benefit from lower tax as a shareholder of his family’s wallpaper business, told the Financial Times the cut was needed to prove Britain was still “open for business.”
The 2025 Budget shores up the PM’s political position with headline-grabbing welfare U-turns, but with no improvements on offer to declining public services or living standards, writes MICHAEL BURKE
CAROL WILCOX argues for the proper implementation of the land value tax, which could see unused plots sold off and landlords priced out of landlordism, potentially resolving the housing and planning crises
It’s the dramatic rise of China with its burgeoning economy that has put the Trump administration into a frenzy – with major implications both at home and abroad, argues MICHAEL BURKE
Exempting military expenditure from austerity while slashing welfare represents a fundamental misallocation of resources that guarantees continued decline, argues MICHAEL BURKE