Britons would pay more tax for a fairer society as COVID-19 exposes inequality

By Emma Batha

LONDON, Sept 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Britons would be happy to pay higher taxes for a fairer, more caring and gender-equal society as the coronavirus pandemic transforms people’s views about the world they want to live in, economists said on Wednesday.

In a major report to be presented to parliamentarians, regional governments and business leaders, they laid out a radical roadmap for building a "caring economy" that puts people and the planet first."This is an idea whose time has come," said Mary-Ann Stephenson, director of feminist think-tank the Women’s Budget Group which published the report."People don’t want […]

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