David on the personal tax transparency of politicians
From The Daily Telegraph
Last night, David Davis, the former shadow home secretary, said that while he opposed the publication of personal tax records, any proposal should also cover the disclosure of other wealth.
He said: “This will induce the politics of envy – but if you are going to do it, you have got to cover everything: wealth, trusts, whether you are a beneficiary of trusts, whether you are going to inherit things.
“If you want really to know about someone’s tax affairs you have to know about more than just someone’s tax return. You have to know their assets, the potential inheritances, if they are going to be the beneficiaries of upcoming trust funds – all those things.”