Tax relief: an incentive not a right

Jack Jones says the unsayable - that tax relief is not the be all and end all

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For the next few months I'll be a wearing a tin hat whenever I step outside the heavily fortified PP Towers because I sense my views on tax relief will be deeply unpopular in the industry.

Rumours that the Chancellor was planning to change annual allowances or scrap higher rate tax relief caused serious concern ahead of last week's Autumn Statement. The fact that George Osborne ac...

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