And of course we may see tweaks to corporation tax, with the generous reliefs that Rishi Sunak put in place to compensate, at least marginally, for the increase from 19pc to 25pc, limited again.
It does not stop there. While we are still waiting for the final version of the party’s manifesto, it is certain to include a huge extension of employment rights. Full legal protection is likely to be offered to workers from the first moment they start, zero hours contracts will be limited even if they escape an outright ban, and versions of trendy “wellness” fads such a “right to switch off” could be enshrined in law, empowering woke human resources overlords to increase their power even further.
The UK’s flexible labour market, one of our key advantages over our rivals since the 1980s, will finally be brought to an end.
Meanwhile, the pension funds that might have started investing in British…
