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Who gains? The Tories’ capital gains tax cut

I’ve written an article for Progress about the need to reform our tax system to make it fairer. With all the challenges facing our economy and society, it beggars belief that the Tories thought the right priority was cutting benefits for the disabled while cutting Capital Gains Tax for the wealthiest few.

This comes on top of their decision in last year’s Budget to cut tax credits for millions of working people, at the same time as giving an Inheritance Tax cut to those at the top. This epitomises all that is wrong with the Tories’ vision of what Britain needs to succeed in future.

You can read my article here