Tag: David Eiser
Does Nicola Sturgeon’s refusal to increase the Additional Rate to 50p unless it is increased in the rest of the UK undermine the case for tax devolution?
Nicola Sturgeon recently let her opposition to an increased top rate of income tax to 50p be known, arguing that such a move would be desirable only were it implemented across the whole of the United Kingdom. Here, David Eiser weighs up the political and economic case for increasing the rate, and whether stance is inconsistent […]
In Scotland, public appetite for further fiscal decentralisation is fuelled by greater levels of trust in Holyrood than in Westminster
Popular pressure for further fiscal devolution from Westminster to Holyrood is less a matter of wanting to pursue a different policy agenda, says David Eiser, and more a matter of who the electorate trusts. Similar PostsAudit 2017: How democratic are the central institutions of devolved government in Scotland?Does Nicola Sturgeon’s refusal to increase the Additional […]
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