Tax Freedom Day Update
According to the Guardian:13th April
To recap, in his first party political broadcast as leader Michael Howard promised that "the next Conservative government will make Tax Freedom Day a bank holiday", and we wish to check this is still on, given its baffling absence from the manifesto. Alas, there is still no joy, as chief press officer John Deans forbids any discussion on the matter before slamming down the phone
14th April
Mr Letwin was asked by journalists whether Tory plans for a "tax freedom day" - to celebrate the day when workers have "paid off" their tax liability - had been dropped. The idea did not appear in the Tory manifesto, but Mr Letwin said it was still party policy.
So it is party policy, but although it was important enough to appear in Howard's first broadcast as leader, it's not important enough to appear in the Manifesto. Essentially I think you can read it as dropped, which is good news, although clearly another hole in the Tory Party's claim for honesty.
posted by Matthew @ 4/15/2005 10:44:00 AM
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