Tax and Fiscal Policy

Tax and Fiscal Policy

The Residential-Property Tax Trap

The Residential-Property Tax Trap Property taxes are flavour of the month in the lead-up to the Chancellor’s late November budget with much discussion taking place of how a change in the way property is taxed could make a significant contribution…

David Starkie
November 11, 2025

Energy and Environment, Tax and Fiscal Policy

How the tax system distorts the travel industry

Off the radar, because it was announced eighteen months ago, April saw a major change in taxation of travel by air. For some years now passengers catching a flight from nearly all UK airports have been paying a tax on…

David Starkie
May 10, 2023