Five Debating the ‘death tax’: the politics of inheritance tax in the UK
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Rajiv Prabhakar
Abstract
This chapter examines more discreet policy areas that focus on wealth and its taxation. It notes that this is particularly pertinent given the discourse on responsibilities discussed by Ruth Lister and the current debate over who should shoulder the burden of reducing the public deficit following the financial crisis. It discusses how the debate on the issue of inheritance tax, and wealth taxes more widely, has changed in the aftermath of the financial crisis and the formation of the Coalition government. It notes the importance of considering wealth taxes within the context of the wider tax system and, despite their apparent unpopularity, argues that supporters of such taxes are in a position to shape, rather than simply follow, public opinion.
Abstract
This chapter examines more discreet policy areas that focus on wealth and its taxation. It notes that this is particularly pertinent given the discourse on responsibilities discussed by Ruth Lister and the current debate over who should shoulder the burden of reducing the public deficit following the financial crisis. It discusses how the debate on the issue of inheritance tax, and wealth taxes more widely, has changed in the aftermath of the financial crisis and the formation of the Coalition government. It notes the importance of considering wealth taxes within the context of the wider tax system and, despite their apparent unpopularity, argues that supporters of such taxes are in a position to shape, rather than simply follow, public opinion.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- Notes on contributors v
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Symposium on the Coalition government
- Conservative social policy: from conviction to coalition 7
- Something old and blue, or red, bold and new? Welfare reform and the Coalition government 25
- The Conservative Party and the ‘Big Society’ 45
- The age of responsibility: social policy and citizenship in the early 21st century 63
- Debating the ‘death tax’: the politics of inheritance tax in the UK 85
- The debate about public service occupational pension reform 103
- Welfare to work after the recession: from the New Deals to the Work Programme 127
- Lone parents and the Conservatives: anything new? 147
- A treble blow? Child poverty in 2010 and beyond 165
- The English NHS as a market: challenges for the Coalition government 185
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Education in international context
- Citizenship education in international perspective: lessons from the UK and overseas 211
- “You’re only going to get it if you really shout for it”: education dispute resolution in the 21st century in England 233
- A sin of omission: New Zealand’s export education industry and foreign policy 257
- Student security in the global education market 281
- Exporting policy: the growth of multinational education policy businesses and new policy ‘assemblages’ 303
- Index 323
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- Notes on contributors v
-
Symposium on the Coalition government
- Conservative social policy: from conviction to coalition 7
- Something old and blue, or red, bold and new? Welfare reform and the Coalition government 25
- The Conservative Party and the ‘Big Society’ 45
- The age of responsibility: social policy and citizenship in the early 21st century 63
- Debating the ‘death tax’: the politics of inheritance tax in the UK 85
- The debate about public service occupational pension reform 103
- Welfare to work after the recession: from the New Deals to the Work Programme 127
- Lone parents and the Conservatives: anything new? 147
- A treble blow? Child poverty in 2010 and beyond 165
- The English NHS as a market: challenges for the Coalition government 185
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Education in international context
- Citizenship education in international perspective: lessons from the UK and overseas 211
- “You’re only going to get it if you really shout for it”: education dispute resolution in the 21st century in England 233
- A sin of omission: New Zealand’s export education industry and foreign policy 257
- Student security in the global education market 281
- Exporting policy: the growth of multinational education policy businesses and new policy ‘assemblages’ 303
- Index 323
