Everyone is supposed to have their 15 minutes of fame. Perhaps I have just had mine, after the contenders for the Tory leadership were invited to endorse the ‘charter for tax cuts’ that I co-wrote for Conservative Way Forward. It was certainly pretty cool to be namechecked at the launch event on Monday both by the new Chancellor, Nadhim Zahawi, and by a strong candidate to be the next prime minister, Suella Braverman.
The thinking behind the charter was simple. I wanted to summarise the case for tax cuts and respond to some of the arguments against; including that we cannot afford them, or that they would be inflationary. The timing, as it turned out, could not have been better. The changes at the top of the Tory party are a golden opportunity to rethink economic policy. The government should do much more to lower the tax burden as part of a pro-growth strategy, including proper supply-side reforms and a return to sound money.
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