HMRC’s hold music has become our unofficial national anthem
Taxpayers spent 800 years listening to the chirpy, hotel-lobby jazz last year; it is driving our country to distraction.
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Joseph Stiglitz: the UK’s tax system is “inexcusable”
The American economist on how neoliberalism put us on “the road to 21st-century fascism”.
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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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Liz Truss, Angela Rayner and the perils of partisanship
Too often, criticisms are dismissed because of who is making them rather than because they are wrong.
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Will Rachel Reeves’ plan to take on the tax dodgers work?
To reduce tax avoidance by £5.1bn by the end of the next parliament, Labour will need to invest as soon…
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HMRC’s phone fiasco shows the problem with the “self-serve” state
Government efficiency savings won’t be as easy as Jeremy Hunt and Rachel Reeves think.
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Mr Tinker vs the taxman
Gary Tinker thought he had been paying tax until HMRC sent him a bill for £300,000. What happened?
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Abolishing National Insurance is a great idea
Keir Starmer attacked Jeremy Hunt for raising the idea – but Labour should want this as well.
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The abolition of non-dom status is murkier than it looks
However political Jeremy Hunt’s announcement was, it is a major step in the right direction.
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Britain’s fiscal fantasies
Rather than address a broken public realm and long-term economic stagnation, the Conservatives have chosen to prioritise tax cuts.
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Abolishing non-dom status should just be the beginning
It’s not true that there’s no money left. Politicians are simply refusing to tax extreme wealth properly.
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The tax-dodger’s worst enemy
Dan Neidle on taking on Nadhim Zahawi, Michelle Mone and the Post Office.
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Jeremy Hunt’s non-dom ploy should worry Labour
Keir Starmer’s party risks losing one of its flagship policies and key revenue raisers.
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Aggressive tax cuts could backfire on the Tories
Voters may be ungrateful and demand better-funded public services instead.
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Labour may never embrace tax rises
Even in office, the party would still want to fend off Tory economic attacks.
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“The next Post Office scandal”: how HMRC persecutes the victims of fraud
People who have lost their savings or had their identities co-opted have found themselves being pursued by the tax authorities.
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Why tax cuts won’t improve Sunak’s polling
Even if taxes are increasing less quickly, they are still at a record high.
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Scotland looks closed for business
The SNP’s combination of high taxes and low economic growth is sending a negative message to the world.
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Andy Burnham: Labour must break its silence on tax rises
The Greater Manchester mayor told a New Statesman conference that his party should back measures such as a land value…
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Jeremy Hunt’s plan for chaos
The Autumn Statement revealed a government using its remaining time in office to poison its successor’s inheritance.
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