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Is cutting UK taxes ahead of a general election affordable or not? An economist explains

  • Written by Abhishek Kumar, Lecturer in Banking and Finance, University of Southampton
Is cutting UK taxes ahead of a general election affordable or not? An economist explainsThe government has been warned.Becky Stares/Shutterstock

A Conservative government considering tax cuts a few months ahead of an expected general election may not sound very surprising. Tax cuts are understandably popular – especially when household incomes have been squeezed by high inflation and rising interest rates.

But can the British...

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