The Labour Party and Taxation: Party Identity and Political Purpose in Twentieth-Century Britain

by Richard Whiting

This is a political history of Labour's use of the tax system from 1906 to 1979: an epilogue brings the story up to the present, surveying New Labour's tax policies and dilemmas. Richard Whiting's broad-ranging, lucid and readable study examines how Labour used tax to further its political aims of funding welfare, managing the economy, promoting fairness and achieving greater equality. Whiting also shows the limits of Labour's ability to achieve a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521026296
• ISBN13: 9780521026291
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"