'Last-ditch attempt' at equality: Industry reacts to PM's dividend tax hike

Funding social care reforms

Lauren Mason
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement that dividend taxes will increase by 1.25% to fund social care reforms has been described as a “last-ditch attempt” to spread the costs across society, with members of the investment industry warning this could have a “huge knock-on effect on the entrepreneurial spirit of the nation”.

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