Brown treads a tax tightrope

  • Robert Chote

Published on 11 January 2004

Michael Howard's appointment last week of company dactor David James to seek out Whitehall waste was the opening shot in what promises to be a ferocious political battle over tax and spending this year.

Michael Howard's appointment last week of company dactor David James to seek out Whitehall waste was the opening shot in what promises to be a ferocious political battle over tax and spending this year.

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Robert Chote

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IFS

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Chote, R. (2004). Brown treads a tax tightrope [Comment] IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/articles/brown-treads-tax-tightrope (accessed: 1 June 2024).

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