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British voters care less about tax rises than politicians think
The Cornish pasty looms large in David Cameron’s memoirs. In 2012 the then Conservative government decided to levy vat on hot takeaway food such as the beefy snack. It was a measly scheme that would have raised an annual £110m ($140m; 0.005% of gdp). …