Tax

Anthony Wells

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Party preference on Taxation



YouGov: (1) Which party would best handle each of these problems? Taxation (2) And who would you trust more to take the right decisions on each of the following issues…? A Conservative government lead by David Cameron/A Labour government lead by Gordon Brown.



rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F7F7F7"> 		 Survey End Date CON LAB LDEM Con Lead
YouGov/Sunday Times (2) 06/10/07 36 27 n/a 9
YouGov/Telegraph 20/10/06 25 20 8 +5
ICM/Guardian 21/05/06 32 28 15 +4
YouGov/Telegraph 14/04/05 30 27 15 +3
YouGov/Telegraph 06/04/05 31 26 13 +5
Populus/Times 03/04/05 29 30 14 -1
YouGov/Telegraph 24/03/05 29 25 16 +4

target="_blank">YouGov/Telegraph		 24/02/05 30 24 15 +6

target="_blank">Populus/Times 		06/02/05 34 33 16 +1
YouGov/Telegraph 28/10/04 27 24 16 +3
Populus/News of the World 07/10/04 27 31 20 -4
MORI/Observer 14/09/04 21 18 11 +3
YouGov/Telegraph 24/06/04 32 24 14 +8
Populus/Times 09/05/04 27 35 18 -8
Populus/Times 10/03/04 27 30 14 -3
YouGov/Telegraph 26/02/04 33 25 14 +8


Preferred Taxation Policy

  • ICM: Thinking about the present levels of tax on the one hand and the state of the public services (like health or education) on the other, do you think the party you support should pledge to increase taxes, hold taxes at their present level or to reduce taxes?
  • YouGov: (1) Should whichever party wins the general election pledge to increase OR reduce taxes and spending, or are the present levels about right? (2) Which of these statements comes closest to your view? Taxes should be cut, even if it means some reduction in government services such as health, education and welfare/ Things should be left as they are/ Government services such as health, education and welfare should be extended even if it means some increase in taxes.

rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F7F7F7"> 		 Survey End

Date		 Raise Tax No change Reduce

Tax
YouGov/Telegraph (1) 20/10/06 34 23 25
YouGov/Taxpayers Alliance (1) 14/03/05 12 33 44
ICM/Guardian 19/09/04 18 43 36

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