Tax
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Bye bye, Beeb?
A Netflix-style subscription model is the only way to save the BBC
Will Andy crash and Burnham?
The Manchester man is going to face the same constraints as Keir Starmer
Burying their heads in the ash
The battle against the illicit tobacco market has not been won
Excessive producer responsibility
Virtue-signalling policies are picking the pockets of consumers
Why does Labour hate our pubs?
The government has to stop taxing the hearts of our communities out of business
Who wants to be a patriotic millionaire?
More taxation will not solve our economic woes
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
From triple lock to price caps
Opinium polling for The Critic reveals the totemic pension policy has entrenched a politics that demands control over growth
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
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