The quiet consensus: how Labour and the Tories are converging
The Budget confirmed that the two main parties are closer on policy than at any time since 2008.
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It’s time to talk policy in the SNP leadership race
So far, constitutional matters have dominated the debate over key issues like the climate and child poverty.
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Britain’s broken tax system
How political expediency overrides logic and fairness in the UK’s chaotic finances.
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The myth of the “fiscal black hole” has been exposed
How did a £70bn “hole” become a £30bn “surplus”? The answer is that we’re doing economic policy wrong.
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Margaret Hodge: Confronting anti-Semitism in Labour was harder than fighting the BNP
After 50 years as a politician, the Blairite veteran reflects on Jeremy Corbyn, urges Labour to tax wealth, and says…
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Liz Truss’s essay shows she is as deluded as ever
The danger is how many Tories will agree with the former prime minister’s bizarre logic.
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Why have the BBC and Labour Party learned Tuftonspeak?
How the “tax burden” went mainstream.
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The Tories’ tax delusion
Rishi Sunak and Tory rebels are both ignoring the truth: tax cuts now or later aren’t a cure for the…
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Liz Truss is the future of British Conservatism
Like Barry Goldwater in 1964, Truss had the right ideas at the wrong time.
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Nadhim Zahawi’s sacking leaves Rishi Sunak with questions to answer
How much did the Prime Minister know about the former Tory chairman’s tax affairs and when?
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Libertarians hated it, but the sugar tax might just have worked
Researchers think it could have helped prevent obesity. Now there are calls to extend the levy and use it to…
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We can’t ignore the pensions time bomb
Younger workers could end up with higher taxes and poorer pensions while subsidising comfortable retirees.
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Nadhim Zahawi has shown how the powerful silence their critics
Legal threats against journalists asking legitimate questions are rife. Those in power should be encouraging scrutiny, not stifling it.
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The Daily Mail’s tax statistics are an own goal
If half of income tax is paid by 10 per cent of earners, it only goes to show how unequal…
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Can Nadhim Zahawi survive?
While the former chancellor was settling his dispute with HMRC, a draconian tax rule was pushing thousands into hardship.
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Rishi Sunak will further alienate his MPs with his comments about taxation “idiots”
With the Prime Minister refusing to reduce the tax burden and levelling up failing to deliver, Conservatives in both Red…
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Nadhim Zahawi’s tax affairs undermine Rishi Sunak’s call for Conservative “accountability”
If they want to prove their integrity, ministers should make their tax returns public as a matter of course.
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Over-50s won’t be bribed back to work with tax breaks
And what about young people facing declining living standards?
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How much of a threat is Reform UK to the Tories?
Richard Tice, leader of the successor to the Brexit Party, on why the Conservatives deserve to be “smashed and destroyed”.
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Top private school fees exceed the UK’s median wage
Nine of the UK’s most prestigious private schools charge parents more than typical earnings of £33,000.
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