According to The Telegraph:

The latest edition of Tolley’s Tax Handbook contains more than twice as many pages on direct taxation as it did when Gordon Brown became Chancellor.

It’s OK though, ‘cos according to a Treasury spokesman:

“The Government takes the issue of complexity very seriously and has a good record on measures to simplify the tax system: since 1997, the Government has modernised and simplified many areas, creating a more coherent tax regime”

In case that didn’t cheer you up, another article points out that:

Homebuyers paid more than £1bn in tax during the three months to June, 30pc more than in the quarter before, despite the starting point for stamp duty being raised in March.

Remember, Gordon tells us that taxes such as these only affect the super rich, which must be why:

“Only about a quarter of sales across Britain are below the stamp duty starting point and the proportion falls to 10pc in London.”

So, when Tony goes, we’ll be rid of the man who can’t stop lying about the war, the health service, immigration etc, and be taken over by a man who wants to push the 70%+ he takes from the average earner, even higher.

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