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The Bank of England writes another letter
The establishment states that the Bank of England is independent and is responsible for keeping inflation around 2%. The authors of this relationship did foresee the possibility that the Bank would fail to achieve its single objective. Their remedy was to make the Bank write a letter to the Chancellor,...Read More »
My Question to the Chancellor about the difference in taxes taken in 2022 compared with the last Budget forecasts
Treasury has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (11536):
Question:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the difference in tax taken from (a) VAT on fuel, (b) North Sea oil production and profits taxes and (c) all...Read More »
My Question to the Chancellor about the potential effects of a windfall tax and a planned increased corporation tax
Treasury has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (11537):
Question:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the (a) windfall tax on oil and gas producer profits and (b) planned increase in corporation tax on...Read More »
My intervention to the Home Office Minister about the total cost of setting up every economic migrant upon arrival to the UK
Rt Hon Sir John Redwood MP (Wokingham) (Con): We all wish to end abusive people trafficking and the dreadful journeys across the channel. As the Opposition’s only idea to tackle it is to let in every economic migrant who wants to come, will the Minister tell us how much it costs taxpayers in...Read More »
My intervention to the Treasury Minister about the Government’s big increase in tax burden
Rt Hon Sir John Redwood MP (Wokingham) (Con): Why are the UK Government the only Government of an advanced country making a big increase in the tax burden this year and next, at exactly the same time as we are seeing very necessary monetary tightening to control inflation and a huge hit...Read More »