Politics Pen - Palatable Taxes

A great idea from Newsnight - invite Newsnight viewers to think about ideas for raising tax revenue to help curb the budget deficit and get them to pitch them to a panel of experts including Matthew Taylor and Sir Digby Jones. It raises issues about the canons of taxation - what makes a good tax? Here is the link to the video.

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