reform uk conference richard tice attacks high taxe tories -- the leader of reform uk has criticised the conservatives as a party of high taxe that has forgotten its basic economic model -- it comes after boris johnson last month announced a hike in national insurance and dividend taxe to spend on social care and the nhs the consocialists are now the party of high taxe high regulation nanny state and all of that leads to low growth mr tice told party -- image caption recent taxe rises could a point of friction at the tory party conference -- his party wants to increase the thresholds at which individuals start paying income taxe from £ to £ and exempt the smallest businesses from corporation taxe fiscal meteorite -- speaking to the bbcs andrew marr earlier the prime minister did not rule out further taxe rises but said he was a zealous opponent of unnecessary taxe rises however he warned the pandemic had hit the uks economy like a fiscal meteorite we dont want to raise taxe of course we dont but what we will not do is irresponsible with the public finances he added