Sasha Swire’s Diary: Rishi Rich in No 10, lords-in-waiting, and a case of the green-eyed monster
It’s easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than to get a seat in the…
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What people miss when they criticise inheritance tax
Only 4 per cent of estates end up having to pay it.
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The UK is the second-most unequal G7 country
Liz Truss says there has been too much focus on redistribution but the US is the only major Western economy…
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Wealth in the UK has surged but wealth taxes have not
Since 1980 wealth in the UK has risen by 174 per cent but wealth tax revenue has risen by just…
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From the NS archive: Up the plank
23 March 1973: On J Paul Getty, America’s richest buccaneer.
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It’s your salary that determines your class, says the British public
Most people now believe money says more about social class than background, according to exclusive research.
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The UK government gave £450bn to the richest – it should take it back for the people
We need a wealth tax to redistribute the hundreds of billions of pounds that quantitative easing handed to the wealthiest.
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A quarter of Britons paid £100,000 or more identify as “working class”
Exclusive polling reveals the British public hugely overestimates how working class it is.
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The British public is changing its concept of class
Gen Z and millennials are more likely to associate class with salary and income than the cultural perceptions of their…
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