Bog brush-haired Lord Londesborough (Crossbench) wasn't happy about the decision to hike corporation tax which he complained scared off investors.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-11888117/HENRY-DEEDES-sees-Chancellor-budget-House-Lords.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Business would, of course, like to see the Chancellor not raise corporation tax from 19 to 25 per cent as anticipated.

Source: https://www.gazetteseries.co.uk/news/23376633.waiting-budget-baited-breath/?ref=rss

“Dependent on continued economic growth and strong corporation tax receipts, the fund will only partially address future shortfalls in pensions,” it added.

Source: https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41278879.html

EXCLUSIVE: James Anderson has helped thousands of Britons across the UK during the Covid pandemic, but is now struggling due to overheads and corporation tax.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1758360/james-anderson-depher-no-donation

Former home secretary Priti Patel has urged the Chancellor to use his Budget next month to halt the planned corporation tax rise.

Source: https://jerseyeveningpost.com/morenews/uknews/2023/02/25/priti-patel-calls-on-jeremy-hunt-to-stop-planned-corporation-tax-rise/

Hiking corporation tax to 25% is “not a good approach” to encouraging investment in the UK, senior Tory Jacob Rees-Mogg has warned the Government.

Source: https://jerseyeveningpost.com/morenews/uknews/2023/03/15/senior-tories-call-for-rethink-on-corporation-tax-rise-in-order-to-boost-growth/

HMRC said the schemes 'make use of complex company structures and directors' loan accounts' to allow people to be paid without having to pay income tax, National Insurance or corporation tax.

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However, the sharp underperformance of corporation tax is more evidence that, as I have warned many times, these receipts cannot be relied upon,” Mr McGrath said.

Source: https://carlow-nationalist.ie/2023/10/03/corporation-tax-receipts-slump-as-exchequer-takings-total-e61-4bn/

Hunt has been encouraged by members of Parliament, including former prime minister Boris Johnson, to pause the planned rise in corporation tax, which is due to increase from 19% to 25% in April.

Source: https://www.marketscreener.com/news/latest/UK-PM-signals-no-tax-cuts-in-budget-amid-focus-on-cutting-inflation--43218538/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=20230311

Sir James is said to have warned in a letter to Jeremy Hunt there would be “unintended consequences” of hiking corporation tax and bringing in a new global levy on multinationals agreed by the OECD.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/23378066.tax-breaks-would-make-us-attractive-new-investment/?ref=rss

Stealth taxes – where households are dragged deeper into the system by frozen thresholds – and a hike in corporation tax are among the key policies being blamed.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12573143/Didnt-Tories-used-party-tax-cuts-Taxpayers-face-114-billion-bill-set-highest-tax-raising-Parliament-record.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490