In September 2022 British finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng outlined what he called an "unprecedented set of tax incentives" for businesses in newly-announced investment zones, saying the government would also liberalise planning rules for specified agreed sites. The government said there were potential investment zones in England so far but it would work with the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to deliver them around the United Kingdom. Areas interested in becoming investment zones include Liverpool and Greater Manchester in northwest England, Somerset and Plymouth in the southwest, Sunderland and the Tees Valley in the northeast and Southampton and Essex in the south and east.
64% Yes |
36% No |
46% Yes |
29% No |
8% Yes, as long as the local environment is not compromised |
5% No, spend that money on improving infrastructure and the community to attract companies |
4% Yes, if the company promises to create new jobs by hiring local residents |
2% No, the government should never subsidize private businesses |
3% Yes, as long as the tax revenue will eventually exceed the tax incentives |
1% No, but punish them for moving jobs out of the country |
1% Yes, but I would prefer lowering corporate taxes to benefit all local companies |
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1% Yes, but only if local citizens can vote on the amount of incentives to offer |
See how support for each position on “Corporate Subsidies” has changed over time for 52.6k UK voters.
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Unique answers from UK users whose views extended beyond the provided choices.
@9J8HBZ23mos3MO
No, spend money on improving infrastructure and comunity to attract companies and punish them from movig jobs overseas.
@9J8G9KC3mos3MO
Spend money on improving infrastructure to atract companies and punish them for moving jobs overseas.
@9J7ZPWQ3mos3MO
Spend money to attract demstic and foreign investitors and punnish them from moving country overseas.
@9G5MCLJ6mos6MO
Punish them for moving jobs out of the country, don't subsidise the businesses unless the company will create new jobs for local and national industry, and the tax revenue will exceed the incentives in a short amount of time.
@9FMFLTQ7mos7MO
the government should increase incentives to relocate companies to deprived areas to help increase investment in the area
@9FLR736 7mos7MO
Yes, as long as the local environment is not compromised, 35% of new jobs should go to local residents and the incentives will be re-evaluated after 3 years.
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