Overview
This is a political history of Labour's use of the tax system from 1906 to 1979; an epilogue brings the story up to the present, surveying New Labour's tax policies and dilemmas. Richard Whiting's lucid and readable study examines how Labour used taxation to further its political aims: to fund welfare, manage the economy, promote fairness and achieve greater equality. This study sheds new light on Labour's history, and is a valuable contribution to understanding both the tax structure and the politics of twentieth-century Britain more generally.
- | Author: Richard Whiting
- | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- | Publication Date: Jan 29, 2001
- | Number of Pages: 308 pages
- | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
- | ISBN-10: 052157160X
- | ISBN-13: 9780521571609
