Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves's caller taxation tsar antecedently called pensioners 'codgers' who had it 'ridiculously good'.
Sir Edward Troup, a erstwhile Tory Treasury peculiar adviser, besides said it was 'ridiculous' that pensioners received escaped TV licences and argued for them to beryllium taxed more.
His comments emerged aft Labour appointed him to its caller adept sheet connected tackling taxation avoidance earlier this month.
Appearing astatine a Resolution Foundation roundtable successful 2019, Sir Edward called for increases to income tax, National Insurance contributions, VAT and corp tax.
Advising politicians to rise taxes by stealth, the erstwhile peculiar advisor to past Tory chancellor Lord Clarke warned that today's pensioners person 'had it ridiculously good'.
A caller taxation tsar appointed by Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves antecedently called pensioners 'codgers' who had it 'ridiculously good', it has emerged
He said that it is simply a 'complete disgrace' that pensioners are not paying NIC, adding: 'I'm told I can't usage the connection codgers but, arsenic I'm officially a codger, I deliberation I will.
'We've benefited from low-interest rates, precocious ostentation erstwhile we bought our houses, we've enjoyed bully returns connected immoderate we've managed to enactment into our pension funds... and it's a implicit disgrace.'
He besides argued that escaped TV licences should beryllium handed to younger moving families.
Sir Edward added: 'If anybody deserves a escaped licence to relieve them from the ghastliness of tiny babies... they're the ones who merit it.'
Craig Tracey, Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party and MP for North Warwickshire, said: 'It should travel arsenic nary astonishment that Labour's caller taxation tsar wants to slap moving radical with higher taxes.
'They volition effort to contradict it, but Labour's billions successful unfunded spending pledges tin lone mean 1 happening – taking america backmost to quadrate 1 by hiking up taxes.
'Meanwhile, this Conservative Government are sticking to the program and delivering a £900 tax-cut for moving people.'
Sir Edward Troup, a erstwhile Tory Treasury peculiar adviser, besides said it was 'ridiculous' that pensioners received escaped TV licences and argued for them to beryllium taxed more
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