Unaffordable and unsustainable, Rupert Darwall explains why Labour’s worst stealth tax must be abolished
The bubble has burst; there are no proceeds of growth to share and Britain’s budget deficit is, in the words of one central banker, truly frightening. Can Mr Cameron give voters a break, one which will leave them tangibly better off and is unambiguously good for the economy? Yes he can.

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