Sentences with phrase «hidden tax rises»

This was further backed up by schools secretary Ed Balls this morning when he said: «There is nothing in those plans which says there will be hidden tax rises at all.

If the economic picture is more difficult — or there is a hidden tax rise or a spending cut that snowballs — the opposition may have more of an opportunity to get into the picture.

The grim conclusion must be that Osborne hid this tax rise from the voters for electoral purposes.

Not exact matches

It suggests the party is pulling its punches against the Conservatives — but maybe activists can embrace the hidden meaning of the figures and point out that the Lib Dems are becoming the party of tax rises.

Framing climate - change costs as the equivalent of a hidden rising tax could be useful in debates over a climate response.

The second problem is that there is a hidden carbon tax - the renewable energy target - which is pushing up electricity prices as much, if not more than, the carbon tax, given there is not any compensation attached to the price rises the RET causes.