Taxation
Letter to Financial Secretary to the Treasury re Autumn Budget 2017
This is a letter to Andrew Jones MP, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, regarding the ASH / UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies 2017 Autumn Budget submission.
Read MoreASH: Tobacco Tax in the 2017 Autumn Budget
This document is the joint submission by ASH and the UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies for the 2017 Autumn Budget.
Read MoreEconomics of Tobacco
The costs of smoking to the economy include the expense of treating diseases caused by smoking as well as reduced productivity and environmental costs. March 2017.
Read MoreTimeline of changes in tobacco taxation in the UK from 1993 to the present
ASH analysis of tobacco tax increases in the United Kingdom
Read MoreASH: Tobacco Tax in the 2017 Spring Budget
A joint submission by ASH and the UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies for the 2017 Spring Budget.
Read MoreLetter to Financial Secretary to the Treasury re Spring Budget 2017
Letter to Financial Secretary to the Treasury re ASH/UKCTAS Spring Budget submission 2017
Read MoreAutumn Statement 2016 – Joint submission by ASH & UKCTAS
A joint submission by ASH and the UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies to the Chancellor of the Exchequer in advance of the 2016 Autumn Statement.
Read MoreASH: Tobacco tax in the 2016 Budget
A joint submission by ASH and the UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies for the 2016 Budget.
Read MoreHouse of Commons Communities and Local Government Select Committee: Inquiry into Government Proposals on Business Rates – ASH Submission
ASH’s submission focuses on what the effect of these proposals might have on: (a) Differences in outcomes in richer and poorer areas and inter-authority competition and (b) the long-term future of redistribution to poorer areas and impacts on development.
Read MoreEvidence to the Health Select Committee Inquiry: Impact of Comprehensive Spending Review on health and social care
ASH’s response to the Health Select Committee inquiry into the impact of the Comprehensive Spending Review on health and social care.
Read MoreASH: Tobacco tax in the July 2015 Budget
A joint submission by ASH and the UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies for the July 2015 Budget.
Read MoreA UK tobacco levy: The options for raising £500 million per year
A research report for ASH by Howard Reed, Landman Economics. February 2015
Read MoreTobacco Tax Levy
ASH response to a Treasury consultation on a tobacco tax levy. ASH also commissioned this research report by Howard Reed of Landman Economics: A UK tobacco levy: The options for raising £500 million per year.
Read MoreASH: Tobacco tax in the March 2015 Budget
A joint submission by ASH and the UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies for the March 2015 Budget.
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