Taxation and Social Policy

Andy Lymer is Professor of Taxation and Personal Finance and Director of the Centre for Personal Financial Wellbeing at Aston University. Margaret May is External Associate at the Centre on Household Assets and Savings Management (CHASM) at the University of Birmingham. Adrian Sinfield is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at the University of Edinburgh.

• 1. Introduction – Andy Lymer, Margaret May and Adrian Sinfield2. Fiscal and Social Policy: Two Sides of the Same Coin – Chris Pond3. Tax and the Social Policy Landscape – Andy Lymer4. Fiscal Welfare and Tax Expenditures – Adrian Sinfield5. Employment, Self-Employment and Taxation – Kevin Caraher and Enrico Reuter6. Pensions and Taxation – Micheál Collins and Andy Lymer7. Tax, Benefits and Household Income – SD McKay8. Taxation, Health and Social Care – Sally Ruane9. Homes, Housing and Taxation – James Gregory, Andy Lymer and Carlene Wynter10. Wealth Taxation: The Case for Reform – Karen Rowlingson11. Gender and Taxation – Susan Himmelweit12. Taxation and Local Taxes – Michael Orton13. Corporate Tax and Corporate Welfare – Kevin Farnsworth14. The Climate Crisis and Taxation – Paul D. Bridgen and Milena Büchs15. Conclusions – Andy Lymer, Margaret May and Adrian Sinfield