Sir Tony Blair’s policy institute has delivered an unusually direct intervention in the debate over Britain’s tax strategy, warning Andy Burnham that raising Capital Gains Tax (CGT) could undermine investment at precisely the moment the UK economy needs it most.
The warning comes as Burnham, widely expected to become Prime Minister in the coming weeks following Sir Keir Starmer’s resignation, is reportedly considering aligning CGT with income tax rates as part of a broader effort to strengthen the public finances.
Such a move would represent one of the most significant changes to the taxation of investment income in decades and could raise an estimated £12 billion annually, according to the Centre for the Analysis of Taxation.
But the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change argues the economic consequences could outweigh the fiscal gains.
The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change is funded primarily through private philanthropy, government contracts for advisory work, and tech-sector partnerships. Its largest single benefactor is Oracle founder and US billionaire Larry Ellison, whose foundation has pledged or donated hundreds of millions of dollars to the organization since 2021.
Fuck off, Tony.
WHO THE FUCK CARES ABOUT TONY BLAIR’S THINK TANK
“undermine investment”? Undermine investment in so-called advice from former Prime Minsters, perhaps? I understand rich people have invested a lot in that.
Tony Blair can fuck off.
Turn the lights on, this roach is back.
All I need to know about the proposed tax plan is that Blair doesn’t like it. All in
