The intriguing thing is that in America both parties are conservative for the most part and have similar policies..It's a myth that the Dems in the US or Labour in the UK raise taxes on regular people.
There are charts and detailed figures out there. Google them.
The main difference between the two (center-left vs center-right) is that they tax the elite more while the other group give the elite more tax reductions.
Btw @Apollo have you read wealth of nations by Adam smith