Mike Davies, AGS

Alliance for Green Socialism PPC (Leeds East),
Mike Davies' endorsement and reply

Do you agree in principle with the aforementioned policy?

Answer - "I agree in principle with the policy. The growth in inequality, and the absolute level of inequality in this country is shocking. More progressive income tax is the simplest and fairest way of addressing this".

In a generic sense, do you believe that the rich should pay more tax and the poor should pay less tax?

Answer - "I believe that the rich should pay more tax and the poor less. The rich should pay not merely a larger amount but a progressively larger proportion of their income. For a person on a low income, paying a thousand pounds in tax can be very onerous; for a person on a very high income, paying a hundred thousand pounds may be merely inconvenient".

Do you pledge to campaign for income tax reform at the next parliament?

Answer - "I pledge to campaign for income tax reform at the next parliament, and for overall reform of the tax system so that the full range of taxes are more progressive. As well as more progressive income tax, this would encompass greater reliance on progressive taxes and less reliance on taxes such as VAT that are formally non-progressive and actually regressive".