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Interwar taxation

Future taxpayers - entrants at a 1920s babyshow.
Future taxpayers - entrants at a 1920s babyshow.
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After the First World War a return to the gold standard became a key objective of government policy. By the early 1920s, however, the government was faced by mass unemployment. In 1931 Britain fell into severe depression, provoking major changes in taxation policy.

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Further reading

  • Daunton, M., Just Taxes: the Politics of Taxation in Britain, 1914-79 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002)