What BBC won't report: Labour corp tax rise will cost jobs
Feb 8, 2015 10:07:04 GMT
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Post by mk2015 on Feb 8, 2015 10:07:04 GMT
The Express and Telegraph, in stories posted 7 and 12 hours ago respectively, report:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/david-cameron/11398240/PM-Ed-Miliband-has-a-sneering-hatred-of-business.htm
www.express.co.uk/news/politics/556864/Labour-s-plans-for-increased-corporation-tax-could-cost-100-000-jobs
The CPS study is here: www.cps.org.uk/publications/factsheets/estimating-the-employment-effects-of-labour-s-corporation-tax-policy/
But yet, not a word about the study, which is surely newsworthy and important for people deciding what party they will support in May, on either the Business or Politics pages of the BBC website. Instead, the Business page leads with Mandelson's claim in an interview that the party is not anti-business.
In his article, the Prime Minister launches his strongest attack to date on Mr Miliband’s economic credentials, warning that Labour poses a “clear and present threat” to bring “chaos” and “misery” to Britain if it wins the election in May.
He cites new analysis which suggests that Labour’s plan to put up corporation tax would cost the country 96,400 jobs over the next parliament. Figures from the Centre for Policy Studies, an independent think-tank, estimated the likely impact of Labour’s policy to increase corporation tax from its current low levels.
He cites new analysis which suggests that Labour’s plan to put up corporation tax would cost the country 96,400 jobs over the next parliament. Figures from the Centre for Policy Studies, an independent think-tank, estimated the likely impact of Labour’s policy to increase corporation tax from its current low levels.
LABOUR was plunged into chaos last night as it was revealed that Ed Miliband’s plans to increase corporation tax could cost almost 100,000 jobs over the course of the next Parliament
The CPS study is here: www.cps.org.uk/publications/factsheets/estimating-the-employment-effects-of-labour-s-corporation-tax-policy/
But yet, not a word about the study, which is surely newsworthy and important for people deciding what party they will support in May, on either the Business or Politics pages of the BBC website. Instead, the Business page leads with Mandelson's claim in an interview that the party is not anti-business.
