Sky News: Should 50 Tax Rate Stay? September 9, 2011 admin Slug path asi-in-the-news/asi-in-the-news/sky-news-should-50-tax-rate-stay- Joomla-id 6856 Old Teaser 5 September 2011 Dr Madsen Pirie went on Sky News to argue that the 50p tax rate should be abolished, while Tony Dolphin from the IPPR claimed the tax should be here to stay. You can watch the a clip of the debate on Sky News here.