Removing the hairshirt of corporation tax

We need to move from having a low corporation tax regime to having one that is fair to business and workers alike

In last month’s budget, the government spread its gruel too thinly. Something miserly for everyone. With an eye on the not-too distant election, it seems to have ignored the fact that you can’t please all of the people all of the time. Instead, their efforts would have been better directed at improving the lot of certain sectors of society.

If you want to give something to everyone, you’ve got to have a lot ...