Why Labour and the Conservatives think they can improve the country without raising taxes – and why it’s a gamble
- Written by Shampa Roy-Mukherjee, Vice Dean and Associate Professor in Economics, University of East London

Both the Conservatives and Labour have made the same pre-election promise not to increase taxes on working people. They’ve also made many other promises to improve the NHS, crack down on illegal immigration, build more houses and many other things. So how do they think...