WAY's Benson on tax changes

So the phony campaign is now over. Whilst the election seemed to take place in a surreal parallel universe, we now have a real, if unexpected, Government and we are beginning to see the truth behind the false debates. A painful fiscal pinch is beginning, as taxes are hiked and public spending cut. One of the first casualties of the re-emergence of the real world is the Conservative Party’s manifesto commitment to increase the IHT nil rate band to £1m. The Tories had clung on to this pledge despite the best efforts of Ken Clarke, in their own ranks, and the wider weight of common sense, t...