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Could tax credits be the new "poll tax" issue?
25th November 2015
In the Chancellor's anticipated Spending Review today, we will find out exactly what he plans to do over the tax credits debacle. The BBC has posed an interesting question on this topic this morning - will tax credits be a modern version of the "poll tax" nightmare 25 years ago?
Ruth Tarrant
Ruth has been Subject Lead in Economics at tutor2u for many years after a career of teaching Economics, Business, Politics and Maths in a range of secondary schools. She is a highly experienced A level Economics Examiner, and also teaches undergraduate Economics on a very part-time basis at the University of Oxford. Ruth is passionate about making economics fun, engaging and accessible.
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