Caroline Elsom (@CarolineElsom)

👻My latest in ConHome about why the Prime Minister will be haunted by his own words on raising housing benefits at the Budget.

🎃Read the full report here: ukonward.com/reports/throug…

💀(Please forgive the light use of Halloween-based puns...)

ukonward.com Through the Roof: How to reduce housing benefits spending | Onward Foreword For too long we have failed to ask hard questions about the state of Britain’s housing benefit system. Growth in the cost of housing benefits has been relentless – with a nearly 20% increase...

ConservativeHome Verified account @ConHome Oct 15

From @CarolineElsom Burnham's housing benefit bill is coming back to haunt him conservativehome.com/2026/10/15/car…

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Caroline Elsom @CarolineElsom Oct 9

More on why modelling by @OxfordEconomics for @ukonward on options for reforming IHT is far more robust than other numbers doing the rounds from @DanNeidle - and why the upsizing argument is overrated 👇

oxfordeconomics.com/resource/model…

www.oxfordeconomics.com Modelling the implications of inheritance tax reforms in the UK Our Assessing the Implications of Inheritance Tax Reforms in the UK report estimated that a full inheritance tax (IHT) exemption for primary residence combined with an increase in the nil-rate band...

Caroline Elsom @CarolineElsom Oct 7

Well worth reading Simon's foreword on just how much the double tax trap from IHT has grown - and is set to get worse under new pensions savings rules from next year 👇

Simon Clarke Verified account @SirSimonClarke Oct 7

🚨By 2029, 1 in 12 estates will be paying IHT, which is more than TRIPLE the proportion of estates than in 2009.

Today @ukonward publishes modelling we commissioned from @OxfordEconomics for reform of this hated tax, as @KemiBadenoch pledges action.

👀 ukonward.com/reports/assess…
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Caroline Elsom @CarolineElsom Oct 7

NEW report for @ukonward from @OxfordEconomics on the implications of inheritance tax reform options, with foreword from @SirSimonClarke.

It shows a £500k threshold (£1m per couple) and full primary residence exemption could reduce estates liable by 59%.

ukonward.com/reports/assess…

ukonward.com Assessing the Implications of Inheritance Tax Reforms in the UK | Onward A report for Onward by Oxford Economics. To discuss the report further please contact Alex Stewart: astewart@oxfordeconomics.com. Foreword It is a good thing to work hard, to save responsibly and to...

Caroline Elsom @CarolineElsom Oct 6

Really looking forward to getting stuck in with this powerhouse panel with @CforWomenUK at 12:45 in the @ukonward Marquee at #CPC with @joymorrissey @baronesscash @lara_e_brown and @MaeveHalligan

Simon Clarke Verified account @SirSimonClarke Oct 3

@ukonward @NeilDotObrien @BackBen4Mayor Also coming up: a fascinating @ukonward debate on true equality, with a fantastic group of guests @joymorrissey @baronesscash @lara_e_brown @CarolineElsom and @MaeveHalligan

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