Tax

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Keir Starmer turned the Conservatives’ favourite line about the infamous “there is no money” letter against them.

By Zoë Grünewald

Rishi Sunak’s plans wouldn’t help the middle classes – only the ultra-rich.

By Jonn Elledge

Despite Tory attempts to move beyond its reputation for sleaze, it keeps falling into trouble with parliamentary standards.

By Zoë Grünewald

By making wokery the bogeyman for an economic disaster she’s implicated in, Truss has given the game away.

By Jonn Elledge

The Labour leader’s more aggressive advisers have won but the party has now invited counterattacks.

By Rachel Wearmouth

The party has missed a golden political opportunity by not promising to tax capital gains at the same rate as…

By James Meadway

The Prime Minister’s tax return is a reminder of how little the UK taxes wealth.

By Anoosh Chakelian

The Budget did nothing to address the UK’s fundamental problems: Brexit and a deeply unequal economy.

By Harry Lambert