A once-in-a-lifetime and definitive choice on taxes looms

WHEN he outlined his budget ambitions in Tipperary yesterday, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said he would prioritise reducing the tax bills faced by middle-income families and those working for the minimum wage.

These are entirely laudable objectives and should be delivered, even if any realignment might mean only a modest boat-lifting for those on low incomes.

This recognition, especially as the nature of work and employment are changing in ways that make the vulnerable even more vulnerable, is overdue.