Setting the scene

This is the third in our series of three short surveys responding to Members’ concerns about the impact of Labour’s Budget, with its £40bn hike in taxes. With the help of input from CPF Members, the Conservative Party and its MPs are campaigning hard on behalf of voters. Together, we all wait to see to what further tax rises Chancellor Reeves announces in her Spring Statement on 26 March. Perhaps she might even heed calls to amend her devastating inheritance tax (IHT) hike on the farming and business communities, her raising of Capital Gains Tax rates and employers’ National Insurance Contributions (NICs), and her imposition of VAT on private education.

To participate in our survey on More Labour Taxes, please use our online response form. You will need to be signed in using your CPF profile. Group Coordinators can submit any additional thoughts arising from their Group discussions by completing the Group response form provided and sending it via email to CPF.papers@conservatives.com

The deadline for sending your response is Sunday 9th March.

As always, CPF will use all the information that you and other Members send to us and we will report our detailed findings to the Shadow Cabinet team. So, thank you for taking the time to share your views and letting us know what else you think needs to be explored. In addition to submitting your individual views to us, do try to participate in a local CPF Group discussion, if you have not already done so, as this is often where the best new policy proposals are developed—as the proverb says, “As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.”

We look forward to hearing your views!