You’re not paying as much tax as you think
The latest data from the OECD suggests high-tax Britain is a myth.
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The latest data from the OECD suggests high-tax Britain is a myth.
ByToo often, criticisms are dismissed because of who is making them rather than because they are wrong.
ByA tax expert explores questions over the deputy Labour leader’s capital gains tax and council house sale.
ByTo reduce tax avoidance by £5.1bn by the end of the next parliament, Labour will need to invest as soon…
ByGovernment efficiency savings won’t be as easy as Jeremy Hunt and Rachel Reeves think.
ByGary Tinker thought he had been paying tax until HMRC sent him a bill for £300,000. What happened?
ByKeir Starmer attacked Jeremy Hunt for raising the idea – but Labour should want this as well.
ByHowever political Jeremy Hunt’s announcement was, it is a major step in the right direction.
ByRather than address a broken public realm and long-term economic stagnation, the Conservatives have chosen to prioritise tax cuts.
ByIt’s not true that there’s no money left. Politicians are simply refusing to tax extreme wealth properly.
ByDan Neidle on taking on Nadhim Zahawi, Michelle Mone and the Post Office.
ByKeir Starmer’s party risks losing one of its flagship policies and key revenue raisers.
ByVoters may be ungrateful and demand better-funded public services instead.
ByEven in office, the party would still want to fend off Tory economic attacks.
ByPeople who have lost their savings or had their identities co-opted have found themselves being pursued by the tax authorities.
ByEven if taxes are increasing less quickly, they are still at a record high.
ByThe SNP’s combination of high taxes and low economic growth is sending a negative message to the world.
ByThe Greater Manchester mayor told a New Statesman conference that his party should back measures such as a land value…
ByThe Autumn Statement revealed a government using its remaining time in office to poison its successor’s inheritance.
ByTo avert political and economic failure, a Starmer government may have to act more radically.
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