Small business minister Paul Scully has this morning defended the government’s forthcoming tax hike, and floundered when asked the price of a pint of milk. The MP for Sutton and Cheam was quizzed on the cost of living on Sky News’s Breakfast programme presenter: “I’m just wondering how in touch you are with all of…
The debate around the cost of long-term care, and the uproar over increasing national insurance contributions, has led to the issue of wealth taxes to return to the political agenda. One of the most well-known of these is inheritance tax. In recent years the Conservatives have been strongly against increasing the tax, but could they…