Finance minister Nicola Willis made good on two promises with her first budget – tax cuts and no surprises. But the belt tightening required to do that will have longer-term consequences.
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Spikes in inflation are often blamed on government borrowing to deliver cash handouts. But it’s more complicated than that. The real issue lies in borrowing without a plan to balance the books.
Finance minister Nicola Willis is promising to chart a ‘middle course’ in her first budget. Her bigger challenge is to bring middle New Zealand along with her.
National’s tax policies have been tweaked since the election, thanks to coalition agreements with NZ First and ACT. But the plan for tax cuts seems to have survived, to the benefit of core supporters.
Can the chancellor move the dial on the Tories’ grim polling?
A short history of reducing tax burdens and winning elections.
Cuts could really help squeezed households.
Young professionals are most likely to be affected by changes to national insurance.
National insurance cuts and business investment were all included, as was the pensions triple lock. But our experts saw some omissions.
The National Party’s tax package may be a middle-income vote winner, but it avoids the core problem of tax-free wealth. And how much the new system would cost to operate is far from clear.
Sunak and Hunt may hope for some normality after the budget, but markets may not be so content with the details.
Rishi Sunak is taking over as UK prime minister from Liz Truss during very difficult economic times.
By sticking to a tax-cut plan made in 2018, the Albanese government must choose between debt and services.
Some taxes are more popular than others in the eyes of the public.
The expected relationship between government and central bank policy has broken down in the UK.
An economist explains what young people need to know about the mini budget, and how to protect yourself financially.
The markets have thumped the new UK government over its fiscally bold ‘mini-budget’.
The tax cuts only look big when compared to no cuts, an alternative that isn’t realistic.
Why the new UK prime minister could struggle to translate her low-tax strategy to the general public.
The likely next prime minister is focusing on tax cuts to solve inflation.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Chief executive officer, Grattan Institute
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Associate Professor in Commercial Law and Taxation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, The Open University
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Deputy Program Director, Budgets and Government, Grattan Institute
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Professor of Industrial Strategy, Co-Director Centre for Governance, Regulation and Industrial Strategy (CGR&IS), University of Bath
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Senior Lecturer in Economics | Freelance Consultant, Sheffield Hallam University
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Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Otago
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Associate Professor, Centre for Social Research and Methods, Director, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Australian National University
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Professor of Economics and National Senior Teaching Fellow, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer in Accounting, University of Surrey
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Professor of Taxation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Senior Associate, Grattan Institute
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Professor of Political Economy, University of Warwick
