Freeze on public sector stealth taxes ‘would cut cost of living’

A FREEZE on all public sector “stealth” taxes would cut inflation in half, a leading economist and opposition parties insisted yesterday.

Government policies and the rising price of services are the two main drivers of domestic inflation, an independent economic report published yesterday has revealed.

These two factors account for almost half the annual inflation rate of 4.3%, according to Paul Sweeney and Associates who compiled the report.