What does the biggest tax rise in a generation mean for the economy?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : Free market think tank
61% : Supply chains are grinding to a halt, government support such as the furlough scheme is being withdrawn and the UK has a shortage of workers exacerbated by Brexit.
54% : Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile A Conservative prime minister has announced the biggest tax rise since the 1970s to fund social care and NHS spending.
54% : There is no doubt that tax rises were necessary to pay for the NHS and social care in an ageing society that has historically underfunded both systems.
39% : "While real government expenditure will rise too, we doubt this will fully offset the hit to households' spending," says Mr Tombs, economist at Pantheon.
36% : Conservatives will be acutely aware of Theresa May's disastrous attempt to tackle the thorny issue of social care in the 2017 election campaign.

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