The Tax Take: What the main parties’ manifestos say

Labour has a book of ideas which may never be read; the Conservatives are likely to end up governing having made few promises

Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labour Party Pic: Getty
Theresa May, prime minister and leader of the Conservative Party Pic: Getty

There has been a recent surge of support for the Labour Party in Britain. Some polling suggests that the party could have knocked as much as a third off the Conservatives’ lead in the last fortnight. But while a political party that crosses the threshold of 30 per cent support could reasonably demand to be a senior partner in the next government here, ...