Informationen zum Autor Richard Whiting is Senior Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Leeds. Zusammenfassung This is a history of Labour's use of the tax system from 1906 to 1979: an epilogue surveys New Labour's tax policies and dilemmas. This study sheds new light on Labour's history! and is a valuable contribution to understanding both the tax structure and the politics of twentieth-century Britain. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Introduction: taxation and political debate; 1. Struggles within a liberal inheritance, 1906-40; 2. The changing balance of tax interests, 1940-54; 3. The Kaldor era, 1951-65; 4. Social democracy examined, 1965-70; 5. Defensive positions 1970-9; 6. Epilogue: New Labour, old problems?; 7. Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index.

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Richard Whiting is Senior Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Leeds.

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A political history of Labour's use of the tax system in the twentieth century.

Zusammenfassung
This is a history of Labour's use of the tax system from 1906 to 1979: an epilogue surveys New Labour's tax policies and dilemmas. This study sheds new light on Labour's history, and is a valuable contribution to understanding both the tax structure and the politics of twentieth-century Britain.

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Acknowledgements; Introduction: taxation and political debate; 1. Struggles within a liberal inheritance, 1906-40; 2. The changing balance of tax interests, 1940-54; 3. The Kaldor era, 1951-65; 4. Social democracy examined, 1965-70; 5. Defensive positions 1970-9; 6. Epilogue: New Labour, old problems?; 7. Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index.