BEN WILKINSON: We won't be fooled by any more tax tricks
Rishi's blue pamphlet also pledges to make the system 'simpler, fairer and more efficient'.
It's true, we do need a clearer tax system to ensure we are paying fairly and efficiently. But what will 'reform' really look like - and will we end up paying for it? A week is a long time in politics, and Rishi is clearly hoping we will have forgotten his tax trickery by the time the next general election comes around in two years.
Yet savers with Lloyds and Halifax will have to wait until April 12 — nearly four months — to see even the smallest benefit.
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