Gordon Brown - raising taxes

A report by the Centre for Policy Studies has labelled Chancellor Gordon Brown a ‘one-man tax creation industry’.

The CPS found that for every household in the UK, tax had risen in real terms by £6,182 since Gordon took up residency in 11 Downing Street in 1996/97.

Shadow Tory chancellor George Osborne said: ‘The longer that he (Brown) remains in power the more we will see the burden of taxation on Britain’s hard working families rise. It is exactly the wrong approach to competing in the new global economy,’ he claimed.