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I think most new MPs on all sides go into Westminster with a genuine desire to do good and make a difference. But the Westminster machine - again, on all sides - is not interested in lofty values, only in achieving and maintaining power. I’m not sure what the answer is, but our Parliament is...

She will be delighted to learn from BenGarfield that she doesn't actually need to raise any tax at all because that doesn't fund government expenditure!

C of E schools are largely publicly funded with a small contribution (usually to capital projects) from the church to allow them to maintain their religious bias. I agree, all religions and faiths should be treated the same way. The Community aspect is, I agree, important but the C of E (I am...

Yes. Because government expenditure is funded by taxes.

That is the most economically ignorant statement i have ever read (well, at least since the last Budget statement anyway)

I have often wondered why labour don't change the pension relief allowances. I can see no reason why a higher tax rate payer should get more benefit than the basic rate. Changing it would be easy, fair and largely well received by the electorate. An easy win on the face of it so why don't they?>

I certainly wouldn't! VAT maybe more nuanced than I realised but I know the Church Commissioners pay little or no VAT in areas that others would. However VAT income would be small versus that raised if they paid tax on land sales, dividends, rental income etc

Surely both?

Labour will inherit a country with record levels of taxation and collapsed public services combined with ever increasing levels of inequality, a febrile world that is going to demand increasing levels of defence spending, an ageing population and an economy that is still in intensive care...