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Rachel Reeves is in favour of radical tax reform – or at least she was in 2018. “We need a radical overhaul of the tax system…

Rachel Reeves is considering plans for a tax on expensive homes in an effort to raise billions of pounds and close a large hole in the…

Pressure to go further on wealth taxes – by creating new modes of clawing at hoards of hard-to-reach cash – is mounting.For starters, the fiscal picture…

A rise in taxation at the autumn budget looks inevitable, as Rachel Reeves grapples with £40bn hole in the public finances.That figure comes from a recent…

Britain’s tax debate has changed. Previously the argument was whether there would be rises in an autumn budget. Now the only question is which levies the…

The idea that video games are not “serious things”, says Ross Symons, overlooks the benefits they offer to gamers feeling isolated.“One thing that struck me during…

From 1945 to 1951, a Labour government, struggling to pay down Britain’s war debts in what became known as the “age of austerity”, created Britain’s welfare…

Rachel Reeves will need to raise taxes to close a government spending gap that is on course to reach more than £40bn after a slowdown in…

Government urged to consider wealth tax as chancellor visits ScotlandGood morning and welcome to the UK politics blog. My name is Tom Ambrose and I’ll be…

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